Ladybank Railway Station

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Ladybank
Ladybank Railway Station in 2005
Ladybank Railway Station in 2005
Data
Design Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation LDY
opening 1847
Architectural data
Architectural style classicism
location
City / municipality Ladybank
Unitary Authority Fife
Part of the country Scotland
Country United Kingdom
Coordinates 56 ° 16 '27 "  N , 3 ° 7' 18"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 16 '27 "  N , 3 ° 7' 18"  W
Railway lines
List of train stations in the United Kingdom
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The Ladybank station is the station in the Scottish town of Ladybank 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 monument lists in 1972 in the highest monument category A.

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The Edinburgh and Northern Railway opened the station in 1847. Coming from Edinburgh Ladybank was the separation station for trains with the terminus Tayport on the Firth of Tay and Perth . In Tayport there was a ferry connection to Broughty Ferry , via which a connection to the Scottish North Eastern Railway was established. 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 line to Perth was reduced to one track during the 1930s. Today trains run from Ladybank Station on the Edinburgh – Dundee and Edinburgh – Perth sections. In Perth there is a connection to the Highland Main Line . In 2016, around 80,000 passengers used Ladybank station. This has two platforms.

description

The train station is on the southeast edge of Ladybank. Architect David Bell may be responsible for the design . The two-story station building and the associated higher residential building on the south side are designed in a classical style. The final gable or hip roofs are covered with slate. A flat roof spans the adjoining western platform . It rests on cast-iron columns with acanthus- ornamented capitals . The station building is one of the oldest largely unchanged stations in Scotland.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ a b Information on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway
  4. ^ Information from ScotRail
  5. ↑ Information from National Rail

Web links

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