Heritage railway stations · Scottish Highlands
Kinghorn railway station
Kinghorn railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Kinghorn railway station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Kinghorn railway station is a railway station in the town of Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 22+3⁄4 miles (36.6 km) north east of Edinburgh Waverley.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The station was opened on 20 September 1847 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway when they opened the line from to . The 1856 Ordnance survey shows just a station here. By 1895 the station had expanded, there were two platforms either side of a double track connected by a footbridge, a goods yard to the north west able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a ¾ ton crane. Two camping coaches were positioned here by the Scottish Region in 1964. The railway viaduct (solid other than four tall arches) splits the old town of Kinghorn in half.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.0692, -3.1743
- Address
- Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index }}</ref>
Sources
- wikidata: Q1985428 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kinghorn railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kinghorn railway station?
- Kinghorn railway station is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.0692°, -3.1743°.
- Who owns Kinghorn railway station?
- Kinghorn railway station is owned by ScotRail.