Markinch railway station

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33+1⁄4 miles (53.5 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley. The station was recently rebuilt to include a new building and park and ride facilities and is now the main station for passengers travelling to Glenrothes, Leven, Buckhaven, Methil 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]
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Markinch Rail Station.JPG
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
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMNC
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 0.317 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg 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

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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)


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