Torryburn railway station

Torryburn
Torryburn
General information
Location	Torryburn, Fife; Scotland
Coordinates	56°03′32″N 3°34′18″W / 56.0589°N 3.5717°W
Grid reference	NT022862
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
2 July 1906	Opened
7 July 1930	Closed

Torryburn railway station served the village of Torryburn, Fife, Scotland from 1906 to 1930 on the Kincardine Line.

History

The station was opened on 2 July 1906 by The Kincardine and Dunfermline Railway which had been incorporated by the North British Railway.^[1]^[2]

The goods yard was to the south of the line.^[3]

The station closed on 7 July 1930.^[1] Despite being closed the station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1937 to 1938 and campers were advised to take a bus to the coach from one of the Dunfermline stations.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 449. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
^ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
^ "Torryburn station on OS Six-inch map Linlithgowshire Sheet nI & nII (includes: Bo'Ness and Carriden; Culross; Dunfermline; Grangemouth; Torryburn; Tulliallan)". National Library of Scotland. 1922. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 7 & 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Valleyfield Line open, station closed		Kincardine Line		Cairneyhill Line open, station closed

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[Quick-1] Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 449. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.

[2] Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.

[3] "Torryburn station on OS Six-inch map Linlithgowshire Sheet nI & nII (includes: Bo'Ness and Carriden; Culross; Dunfermline; Grangemouth; Torryburn; Tulliallan)". National Library of Scotland. 1922. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[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. pp. 7 & 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.

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