Inverkeithing railway station
Inverkeithing railway station serves the town of Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 13 1⁄4 miles (21.3 km) north west of Edinburgh Waverley. The station is popular with commuters travelling to Edinburgh from Fife and beyond, thanks to its location beside the M90 motorway. Immediately north of the station, the Fife Circle Line splits in two - the main line continuing along the coast via Aberdour whilst the branch heads inland towards Dunfermline. South of Inverkeithing the line continues towards Edinburgh via the Forth Bridge.
Inverkeithing ![]() | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Chèitinn[1] | |
![]() Looking south from the station footbridge | |
Location | |
Place | Inverkeithing |
Local authority | Fife |
Coordinates | 56.0351°N 3.3954°W |
Grid reference | NT131833 |
Operations | |
Station code | INK |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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2015/16 | ![]() |
2016/17 | ![]() |
– Interchange | 0.259 million |
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2018/19 | ![]() |
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History | |
1 November 1877[2] | Opened |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Inverkeithing from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. |
History
It opened in 1877, at the same time as the tracks of the Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway. In the 1880s it was taken over by the North British Railway, and reopened in 1890 as a more significant double-track station on the approach to the newly built Forth Bridge.[3]
Facilities
Two large free of charge park and ride car parks are provided. The station is currently staffed for all trains and has public toilets and a wheelchair accessible footbridge. The ticket office is located in a modern station building on the northbound platform, while a traditional North British Railway building survives on the southbound platform, where it serves as a waiting room.[4]
Services
Journey times as low as 15 minutes are available to Haymarket as CrossCountry, London North Eastern Railway and Abellio ScotRail express services between Edinburgh and Aberdeen stop here. Some services between Edinburgh and Inverness also stop at Inverkeithing.
Mondays to Saturdays daytimes, four Fife Circle Line trains per hour go southbound to Edinburgh. Northbound, services run every half-hour to Dunfermline Town, and half-hourly to Kirkcaldy. One of the former & both of the latter continue to Glenrothes with Thornton. Evenings and Sundays, two trains per hour go southbound to Edinburgh and two per hour go along the Fife Circle one in each direction (one via Dunfermline and one via Kirkcaldy).[5]
From Monday to Saturday most daytime ScotRail services to Aberdeen and Inverness no longer stop here (though a few calls are made to both destinations in the early morning & evening). The primary longer distance service is provided by half-hourly semi-fast trains from Edinburgh to either Perth or Dundee (hourly to each), which serve most stations north of Kirkcaldy. There is a once daily train to Glasgow Queen Street via Winchburgh Junction and Polmont each morning, returning in the evening peak.[6] On Sundays, there is a limited service to Perth & Inverness and a mostly hourly service to Dundee and Aberdeen.
London North Eastern Railway services between Aberdeen, London King's Cross and Leeds call at Inverkeithing, as do CrossCountry services between Aberdeen or Dundee and Plymouth/Penzance.[7]
References
- 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- http://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf
- "Inverkeithing Railway Station". scottish-places.info. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- . railscot.co.uk https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/I/Inverkeithing/. Retrieved 5 July 2020. Missing or empty
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(help) - Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- Table 229 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- Table 26 & 51 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
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Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Haymarket | CrossCountry Cross Country Network |
Kirkcaldy | ||
Haymarket | Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line |
Kirkcaldy | ||
North Queensferry | Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
Dalgety Bay | ||
Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
Rosyth | |||
Edinburgh Waverley | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper (Aberdeen) |
Kirkcaldy | ||
Haymarket | London North Eastern Railway Northern Lights (London – Aberdeen) |
Kirkcaldy |