Elie railway station

Disused railway station in Elie and Earlsferry, Fife

Elie

The site of the station in 2002

General information
Location| Elie and Earlsferry, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates| 56°11′28″N 2°48′48″W﻿ / ﻿56.1912°N 2.8134°W﻿ / 56.1912; -2.8134
Grid reference| NO496001
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| The Leven and East of Fife Railway
Pre-grouping| North British Railway
Post-grouping| LNER
Key dates
1 September 1863 (1863-09-01)| Opened
6 September 1965 (1965-09-06)| Closed

Elie railway station served the town of Elie and Earlsferry, 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]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1953 to 1955 and two coaches from 1956 to 1963.[3]

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

The site of the station is now occupied by modern housing.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b Quick 2022, p. 181.
2. ^ Grant 2017, pp. 176 & 315.
3. ^ McRae 1998, pp. 28 & 31.
4. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 44 (ref 2039).
5. ^ "Elie Station". Canmore. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

## 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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Kilconquhar
Line and station closed |  | North British Railway
The Leven and East of Fife Railway |  | St. Monance
Line and station closed

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