Boarhills railway station

Boarhills railway station served the hamlet of Boarhills, Fife, Scotland from 1887 to 1930 on the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway.

Boarhills
The site of the station in 1974
Location
PlaceBoarhills
AreaFife
Coordinates56.3103°N 2.7031°W / 56.3103; -2.7031
Grid referenceNO566133
Operations
Original companyAnstruther and St Andrews Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Platforms1
History
1 September 1887 (1887-09-01)Opened
22 September 1930Closed to passengers
6 September 1965 (1965-09-06)Closed to goods
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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History

The station was opened on 1 September 1883 when the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway opened the line between Anstruther and Boarhills. The station was the temporary terminus while the remainder of the railway to St Andrews was completed, this section opened on 1 June 1887.[1]

To the north was the goods yard able to accommodate livestock, the yard was equipped with a 1½ ton crane.[2][3]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939.[4]

The station closed on 1 January 1917, reopening on 1 February 1919 then closed to passengers on 22 September 1930, although there was occasional later excursion use as the line remained open. The line and station closed to goods on 6 September 1965.[5][6]

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References
  1. Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  2. "Boarhills and station on OS 25inch map Fifeshire XV.4 (Kingsbarns; St Andrews and St Leonards)". National Library of Scotland. 1894. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 65. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
  4. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  5. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
  6. Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 38 (refs 1793 & 1794). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Stravithie
Line and station open		   Anstruther and St Andrews Railway   Kingsbarns
Line and station closed


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