Wormit railway station explained

Wormit
Status:	Disused
Borough:	Wormit, Fife
Country:	Scotland
Coordinates:	56.4252°N -2.9811°W
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Platforms:	2
Original:	Newport Railway
Pregroup:	Newport Railway North British Railway
Postgroup:	LNER
Years:	1 May 1889^[1]
Events:	Opened
Events1:	Closed

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: North British Railway: List of Stations with opening and closing dates from 1828 to 2003 . North British Railway Study Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924195247/https://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf . 24 September 2020.
2. Web site: Report on the Derailment which occurred on 28th May 1955 at Wormit in the Scottish Region British Railways. Railways Archive. 1 September 2019.
3. Book: Quick, M E. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 438. 931112387.
4. Web site: Wormit railway station (site), Fife. Geograph. 24 May 2018.