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Burntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station

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Railway Station (19th Century)

Site Name Burntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station

Classification Railway Station (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Burntisland Station

Canmore ID 52845

Site Number NT28NW 66

NGR NT 23249 85627

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Burntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station General view from E of station, showing main offices and canopy on S platform (left), shelter on N platform (right), and footbridge
Burntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station General view from E of station, showing main offices and canopy on S platform (left), shelter on N platform (right), and footbridgeBurntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station, NT28NW 66, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station General view from E of rear of station house and (right) rear of station buildings at track levelBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station Detailed view beneath canopy of S platform, showing rubble facade of offices, and cast-iron columns and fabricated steel girders supporting canopyBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from NE looking down onto footbridge over railway, providing access to the station from the NBurntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station View from SSW showing SW corner of Station HouseBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from W of main facade of station house, with corner of Forth Place (left foreground)Burntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View of station house from SW, showing main (W) facade, and S sideBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from E showing canopy over S platform, and adjacent officesBurntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station View from SSW showing part of WSW and SSE fronts of Station HouseGeneral view of end elevation, from South.Detailed view along portico, from South.Burntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View of station house from SW, showing main (W) facade, and S sideBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from E showing canopy over S platform, and adjacent officesBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from E of rear of station houseBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from E showing canopy over S platform, and adjacent officesBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from NE looking down onto footbridge over railway, providing access to the station from the NGeneral view of goods shed prior to renovation, from South.Burntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station Detailed view beneath canopy of S platform, showing rubble facade of offices, and cast-iron columns and fabricated steel girders supporting canopyBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from W of main facade of station house, with corner of Forth Place (left foreground)Burntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station General view from E of rear of station house and (right) rear of station buildings at track levelBurntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station View from WSW showing WSW front of Station HouseBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View of station facade from south westBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View of station house from SW, showing main (W) facade, and S sideBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station Detailed view beneath canopy of S platform, showing rubble facade of offices, and cast-iron columns and fabricated steel girders supporting canopyGeneral view of front elevation from West.General view of goods shed prior to renovation, from South.Burntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station General view from E of station, showing main offices and canopy on S platform (left), shelter on N platform (right), and footbridgeBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station Detail of rubble-built shelter and commemorative plaque on N platformBurntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station View from WSW showing WSW front of Station HouseBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from E of rear of station houseBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station Detail of rubble-built shelter and commemorative plaque on N platformBurntisland, Forth Place, Burntisland Station View from NE looking down onto footbridge over railway, providing access to the station from the NBurntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station, NT28NW 66, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Burntisland
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Kirkcaldy
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT28NW 66.00 23249 85627

NT28NW 66.01 2310 8556 Goods Shed

NT28NW 66.02 23213 85596 Station House

For notes on the use of Burntisland as a train ferry terminal, see NT28NW 30.00.

Sta [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1989.

Opened 1847 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, architect probably David Bell. A two-platform through station on a curve, with single-storey buildings with awnings on both platforms. On the S side is the magnificent classical 2-storey, 8-bay front block of the former terminus, with a nonastyle portico and end-pedimented pavilions. Nearby is a fine 5-by-8-bay rubble goods shed, with roof-ridge ventilator and ball finials on the gables. The through platforms were added in 1890 by the North British Rly.

J R Hume 1976.

Descheduled.

Information from Historic Scotland, Certificate of Exclusion from Scheduling dated 24 October 1995.

1847, Grainger and Miller: a symmetrical block with grand Corinthian colonnade and cornice.

G L Pride 1999.

This intermediate station on the Edinburgh-Aberdeen main line of the (former) North British Rly was opened by the Edinburgh and Northern Rly on 17 September 1847. It remains in regular use by passenger traffic.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 February 2000.

G Daniels and L Dench 1980; R V J Butt 1995.

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