Elie railway station

Elie
The site of the station in 2002
General information
Location	Elie and Earlsferry, Fife Scotland
Coordinates	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

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

1. 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

• 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.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kilconquhar Line and station closed		North British Railway The Leven and East of Fife Railway		St. Monance Line and station closed