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St. Monance railway station

Coordinates: 56°12′27″N 2°46′10″W / 56.2075°N 2.7694°W / 56.2075; -2.7694
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St. Monance
General information
LocationSt Monans, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56°12′27″N 2°46′10″W / 56.2075°N 2.7694°W / 56.2075; -2.7694
Grid referenceNO523019
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyThe Leven and East of Fife Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 September 1863 (1863-09-01)Opened as St Monance
October 1875Name changed to St Monans
February 1936Name reverted to St Monance
6 September 1965 (1965-09-06)Closed

St. Monance railway station served the village of St Monans, Fife, Scotland from 1863 to 1965 on the Fife Coast Railway.

History

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The station was opened on 1 September 1863 by the Leven and East of Fife Railway when it opened the extension of its line from Kilconquhar to Anstruther.[1][2]

Its name was changed to St Monans in October 1875 but changed back to St Monance in February 1936.[1]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1954 to 1963 and two coaches from 1956 to 1958, in the final year a Pullman camping coach was used.[3]

The station closed to passengers on 6 September 1965.[1] The line closed to goods traffic on 18 July 1966.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Quick 2022, p. 397.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, pp. 176 & 315.
  3. ^ McRae 1998, pp. 28 & 30.
  4. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 44 (ref 2039).

Bibliography

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  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Pittenweem
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
The Leven and East of Fife Railway
  Elie
Line and station closed