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The Newburgh and North Fife Railway was a Scottish railway company formed to build a connecting line between St Fort and Newburgh, in Fife, intended to open up residential traffic between the intermediate communities and Dundee and Perth. It opened its line, which was expensive to construct, in 1909 but the local traffic never developed.
Newburgh railway station in the town of Newburgh, Fife was closed in 1955. The station sat on the Perth to Edinburgh Waverley line which is still used today. There is an active campaign run by the local community to reopen the station.
Newburgh is situated on the Firth of Tay, seven miles (11 km) northwest of Ladybank Junction alongside the Edinburgh to Aberdeen railway line (between Perth and Ladybank). Newburgh railway station served the town from 1848 to 1955. There is an active campaign to reopen the station.
It was to run from Burntisland through Kirkcaldy and Markinch to Ladybank and Newburgh, on the southern shore of the Tay. At Newburgh the line was to cross the Tay and make a junction with the proposed Dundee and Perth Railway, over which E&NR trains would get access to Perth along the north shore of the Tay. [3]
Fife Circle Line connection Markinch: Markinch: Fife Circle Line connection, also serves Levenmouth and Glenrothes Ladybank: Ladybank: Connection for Perth: Perth: Perth: Highland Line connection Invergowrie: Invergowrie: Local services between Perth and Dundee: Springfield: Springfield: limited service: Cupar: Cupar: Leuchars
The latter branch was subsequently extended to Hilton Junction, near Perth the following year. On 8 June 1857, the Fife and Kinross Railway opened, providing a link to Kinross. This line was closed to passengers on 5 June 1950, with the line between Auchtermuchty and Ladybank closing to freight on 29 January 1957.
The Newport Railway in 1879. The first railway serving the north-eastern part of Fife was the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, authorised in 1845.Its main lines were built from Burntisland to Perth and to Ferry-Port-on-Craig, and opened in 1849.
The SCR opened in 1848, and in time connected with other railways north and east of Perth. [2] The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was authorised on the same day in 1845 as the SCR; its line was to run from Burntisland, in Fife on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, and to reach both Perth and Dundee by an inland route. In fact Dundee was ...