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Burntisland, Forth Place, Railway Station
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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52845
- Council Fife
- Parish Burntisland
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
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.
Field Visit (20 October 2021)
NT 23249 85627 Burntisland Station comprises a single storey station building. It is constructed of buff brick with a hammer dressed sandstone elevation facing onto platforms and brick elevation facing what would have historically been railway lines to the rear. The slate covered roof has a medium pitch, with overhanging eaves similar in appearance to that North Queensferry Station. A platform canopy extends from the northern elevation of the building, supported on cast iron columns and a lattice support framework. The roof of the canopy has been replaced with modern sheet metal. The canopy has simple timber valance boards, which appear to be in a poor state of repair. The listed station building also includes a wall on the northern platform with an arched opening and shelter built into it. The station platforms are also likely to be considered as curtilage to the listed building.
The south of the footbridge is attached the station building at the west end of the northern elevation, where the bridge enters the station building through an opening in the slate covered roof via an enclosed timber passageway.
The footbridge is an L-Plan footbridge, constructed of steel and cast iron, with some modest embellishments in a classically referenced style. The bridge and platforms are cut into the steeply rising ground. Ground level is higher to the north and lower to the south.
Information from J. Critchley - Mott MacDonald, 2021.
OASIS ID: mottmacd2-513130
