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Largo Station

30/3/2014

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"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!
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Diane
23/1/2017 11:56:05 am

I used to go to school in Anstruther by train 1946 to 1951.
Mr Hastie the station master lit a special fire for me in the waiting room during the 1946/47 snow storm. However the trains did not run for 2 days so no school!
The station was always well kept with flower beds in spring and summer.
I recall beets being offloaded from horse drawn farm carts on to goods
wagons in the sidings and seaweed (kelp) as well for fertiliser.

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michael hastie
30/5/2017 09:20:08 am

Mr Hastie the stationmaster was my grandfather. I would like to hear any other memories people have of him or the family.

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Diane Tustin link
30/5/2017 01:54:15 pm

How nice to have a comment from Michael Hastie.
I think I am correct in recalling Mr Hastie's daughter taking Sunday School at St. David's Church in Lower Largo.
All a long time ago!

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