St. Monance railway station

St. Monance railway station served the village of St Monans, Fife, Scotland from 1863 to 1965 on the Fife Coast Railway.

St. Monance
Location	St Monans, Fife Scotland
Coordinates	56.2075°N 2.7694°W
Grid reference	NO523019
Platforms	1
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	Opened as St Monance
October 1875	Name changed to St Monans
February 1936	Name reverted to St Monance
6 September 1965	Closed

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]

Its name was changed to St Monans in October 1875 but changed back to St Monance in February 1936.[1]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1954 to 1963 and two coaches from 1956 to 1958, in the final year a Pullman camping coach was used.[3]

The station closed to passengers on 6 September 1965.[1] The line closed to goods traffic on 18 July 1966.[4]

References

1. Quick 2019, p. 353.
2. Grant 2017, pp. 176 & 315.
3. McRae 1998, pp. 28 & 30.
4. Hurst 1992, p. 44 (ref 2039).

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. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
• Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.

External links

• "St Monance, Station Road". Canmore. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Pittenweem Line and station closed		North British Railway The Leven and East of Fife Railway		Elie Line and station closed