When the Edinburgh & Northern Railway was constructed in the 1840s, a junction was built here with lines heading towards Perth and Dundee. An engine depot (of which only the disused locomotive shed survives) and a railway station were constructed at the junction.
The village that developed around the station took the name Ladybank. The Fife and Kinross Railway, which opened in 1857, used Ladybank as its eastern terminus further increasing the importance of the station.
Ladybank railway station was built in grey ashlar stone with a two storey house and a long single storey extension hosing the offices. On the platform side there is a flat awning with iron pillars. It remains largely unaltered, and is probably the oldest station in Scotland surviving substantially in its original state. On the opposite platform is a typical North British Railway building of brick and timber, similar to that at Cupar. It is Grade B Listed.
By road: On B938, Commercial Road.
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28 Days Later Forum - Archived images of Ladybank Station Yard
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RailScot - Images of Ladybank Station
