Springfield Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Springfield Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 100780
Site Number NO31SW 136
NGR NO 34958 11902
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/100780
- Council Fife
- Parish Cupar
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO31SW 136 34958 11902
Location formerly cited as NO 3491 1190.
(Location cited as NO 349 119). Springfield Station, opened 1847 by the Edinburgh and Northern Rly., architect probably David Bell. A two-platform through station, with the main offices on the up platform in a two-storey building on an L-plan, with a single-storey wing. There is an awning on the platform side, supported on cast-iron columns. The down-platform building is a small wooden shelter and the platforms are linked by a lattice-girder footbridge. In the goods yard, on the up side, are the bricked-up arches of six bays of staithes.
J R Hume 1976.
This intermediate station on the Edinburgh-Dundee (main) line of the former North British Rly was opened on 17 September 1847, by the Edinburgh and Northern Rly. Iit remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2006.
R V J Butt 1995.
