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Anstruther railway station served the village of Anstruther, Fife, in Scotland. Served by the Leven and East of Fife Railway it was opened in 1863.

History

First station was opened by the Leven and East of Fife Railway in 1863 and was resited in 1883 . In 1887, a separate company extended the line to St Andrews and 10 years later it became part of the North British Railway. From 1923 it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1965

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Hajducki, Andrew; Jodeluk, Michael; Simpson, Alan (2009). Anstruther & St Andrews Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-687-0.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

• Disused railway stations in Fife
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
• Beeching closures in Scotland
• Former North British Railway stations
• 1863 establishments in Scotland
• 1965 disestablishments in Scotland