Wormit railway station
Disused railway station in Wormit, Fife
56°25′31″N 2°58′52″W / 56.4252°N 2.9811°W / 56.4252; -2.9811
North British Railway
Wormit railway station served the town of Wormit, Fife, Scotland from 1889 to 1969 on the Newport Railway.
History
The station opened on 1 May 1889 by the Newport Railway. In 1955 a train crash occurred where 3 people were killed and 41 were injured, 15 with severe injuries.[2] The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 May 1969.[3][4]
References
- ^ "North British Railway: List of Stations with opening and closing dates from 1828 to 2003" (PDF). North British Railway Study Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Report on the Derailment which occurred on 28th May 1955 at Wormit in the Scottish Region British Railways". Railways Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 438. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Wormit railway station (site), Fife". Geograph. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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