Cupar station
| Cupar station | |
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Jul2006.jpg) Cupar station in 2006
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | CUP |
| opening | September 17, 1847 |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | Italianate style |
| architect | John Honeyman |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Cupar |
| Unitary Authority | Fife |
| Part of the country | Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 19 '1 " N , 3 ° 0' 33" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The Cupar station is the station in the Scottish town of Cupar in the Council Area Fife . The station is on the Edinburgh – Aberdeen railway line and opened in 1847. The station building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in 1972 in Category B. An associated warehouse is also classified as a monument of the highest Scottish monument category A.
traffic
The Edinburgh and Northern Railway opened the station on September 17, 1847. The line finally ended in Tayport on the Firth of Tay , where there was a ferry connection to Broughty Ferry , via which a connection to the Scottish North Eastern Railway was made. The Tay Rail Bridge as a bridge over the estuary was not completed until 1878 and connected the railway line with the city of Dundee . It collapsed in December of the following year (see railway accident on the Firth of Tay Bridge ). The station, now served by trains on the Edinburgh – Aberdeen line, has two platforms.
description
The train station is in the center of Cupar. For the design by the in-house architect John Honeyman from March 1846 construction costs were estimated at £ 1,510. In January 1847, the Society finally decided on a design by John Honeyman , which cost £ 1,598. The station building is designed in the historicizing Italianate style . The entrance to the one to two-story building is designed with elliptical arches . A beveled bay window protrudes above the arches . On the platform side, there is a protective roof, which is supported on cast iron pillars with capitals decorated with lotus .
storage hall
The warehouse, possibly designed by David Bell , is located on the northern edge of the station area on Coal Road . Like the train station, it was completed in 1847. Its masonry consists of roughly hewn quarry stone with natural stone surrounds. The hall consists of a flat, one-story component at the east end with segment-arched gates. To the west is a five-axis, four-story warehouse. Six-part lattice windows are installed above the ground floor . The final gable roof is covered with slate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Cupar station in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Information from National Rail
Web links
- National Rail information
- Entry for Cupar Station in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database