Markinch railway station

33+1⁄4 miles (53.5 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley. The station was rebuilt to include a new building and park and ride facilities for passengers travelling to Glenrothes and the East of Fife. There are up to ten buses an hour connecting the station with Glenrothes and four to the Levenmouth area. A cycle route has also been completed along the former Leslie Railway into Glenrothes.

History

The now-closed Leslie Railway left the mainline immediately south of this station.

Services

ScotRail

Most ScotRail services from Edinburgh to Dundee and Perth (each hourly), and some services to Inverness and Aberdeen call at Markinch. Southbound has two trains per hour to Edinburgh. There is one direct service from Glasgow Queen Street each weekday evening. ^[3]

Sunday services are somewhat irregular and run every two hours in the morning and early afternoon but more frequently thereafter. They run to and from Aberdeen or Inverness northbound.

CrossCountry

As of 21 May 2023, CrossCountry operate one northbound train per day to Aberdeen and one southbound train a day to Penzance on weekdays. On Sundays, the northbound service terminates at Dundee and the southbound train terminates at Plymouth.

Markinch Scottish Gaelic: Marc-Innis [1]
General information
Location	Markinch, Fife Scotland
Coordinates	56°12′02″N3°07′51″W / 56.2005°N 3.1308°W / 56.2005; -3.1308
Grid reference	NO299015
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MNC
Passengers
2019/20	0.281 million

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirkcaldy		ScotRail Edinburgh–Dundee line		Ladybank
Kirkcaldy		ScotRail Fife Circle Line		Terminus
Kirkcaldy		CrossCountry Cross Country Route		Ladybank
	Historical railways
Falkland Road Line open, station closed		North British Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway		Thornton Junction Line open, station closed

References

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
2. "BALGONIE ROAD AND MITCHELL TERRACE, MARKINCH RAILWAY STATION WITH GATEPIERS, BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 229 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Markinch railway station from National Rail
• Media related to Markinch railway station at Wikimedia Commons