"He that will view the county of Fife must go round the coast." So goes the quote attributed to Daniel Defoe in the 18th century. How nice it must have been to do so by rail - a feat possible only between 1857 and 1965 on this stretch of the coast. The Railway Magazine's November 1953 edition, ran a piece on the Fife Coast Line and described the Largo Bay section as follows...
"Beyond Leven Station, the railway passes through the residential outskirts of the town, and emerges on to the wide expanse of links bordering the shores of Largo Bay. In clear weather, the view to the south extends across the Firth of Forth to North Berwick and the Bass Rock. The station at Lundin Links is passed, and another mile brings the train to the high masonry viaduct of four spans over the Kiel Burn, and to Largo Station.....Largo Law, an abrupt, conical, volcanic hill, rising to almost 950ft, is a conspicuous landmark a mile or so north of the town."
Largo Station, like Lundin Links, had two main station buildings. In the image below, the original 1857 station building is on the left (north) side of the tracks. The newer building on the opposite (south) side was built around 1894, together with a signal box, passing loop and second platform. This station closed in 1965. It may be almost half a century ago but plenty people still remember Lundin Links and Largo stations well - if you do, please comment!
"Beyond Leven Station, the railway passes through the residential outskirts of the town, and emerges on to the wide expanse of links bordering the shores of Largo Bay. In clear weather, the view to the south extends across the Firth of Forth to North Berwick and the Bass Rock. The station at Lundin Links is passed, and another mile brings the train to the high masonry viaduct of four spans over the Kiel Burn, and to Largo Station.....Largo Law, an abrupt, conical, volcanic hill, rising to almost 950ft, is a conspicuous landmark a mile or so north of the town."
Largo Station, like Lundin Links, had two main station buildings. In the image below, the original 1857 station building is on the left (north) side of the tracks. The newer building on the opposite (south) side was built around 1894, together with a signal box, passing loop and second platform. This station closed in 1965. It may be almost half a century ago but plenty people still remember Lundin Links and Largo stations well - if you do, please comment!
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