Boarhills railway station

Boarhills
Boarhills
	The site of the station in 1974
General information
Location	Boarhills, Fife; Scotland
Coordinates	56°18′37″N 2°42′11″W / 56.3103°N 2.7031°W
Grid reference	NO566133
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 September 1883	Opened
1 January 1917	closed
1 February 1919	reopened
22 September 1930	Closed to passengers
6 September 1965	Closed to goods

Boarhills railway station served the hamlet of Boarhills, Fife, Scotland from 1883 to 1930 on the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway.

History[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 38 (refs 1793 & 1794). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.

External links[edit]

Boarhills station on Railscot

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Stravithie Line and station closed		Anstruther and St Andrews Railway		Kingsbarns Line and station closed

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[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). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.

[Quick-5] Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.

[6] Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 38 (refs 1793 & 1794). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.

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