Falkland Road railway station

Falkland Road railway station served the village of Freuchie, Fife, Scotland from 1847 to 1958 on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway. It lay almost 1 kilometre to the south of the village at the north end of the Markinch Gap.

Falkland Road
The site of the station in 2002
Location	Freuchie, Fife Scotland
Coordinates	56.2387°N 3.1516°W
Grid reference	NO257087
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Edinburgh and Northern Railway North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
20 September 1847	Opened
15 September 1958	Closed

History

The station opened on 20 September 1847 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.[1] To the northwest was the goods yard and at the north end of the southbound platform was the signal box. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 15 September 1958.[2] The signal box stayed open until 1965 and the station buildings survived until the 1980s.[3]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 168. OCLC 931112387.
2. "Falkland Road Station". Canmore. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. Ewan Crawford, Contributors (18 July 2007). "Falkland Road". Railscot. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kingskettle Line open, station closed		Edinburgh and Northern Railway		Markinch Line and station open