Cupar railway station

Cupar
Cupar
	Cupar railway station
Location
Place	Cupar
Local authority	Fife
Coordinates	56.3174°N 3.0087°W
Grid reference	NO376143
Operations
Station code	CUP
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.199 million
2015/16	0.212 million
2016/17	0.198 million
2017/18	0.201 million
2018/19	0.200 million
Listed status
Listing grade	Category B
Entry number	LB24292[1]
Added to list	1 February 1972
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cupar from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.;

Cupar railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one (for trains to Edinburgh) is now wheelchair accessible. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail and CrossCountry.

History

The station was opened by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway in 1847 as the temporary northern terminus of the Tayport branch of their route along the Fife Coast. The line northwards to Tayport (for the ferry link to Dundee) was completed in 1850 and through running to Dundee over the first Tay Bridge began in 1878.

Accidents and incidents

On 23 October 1899, an express passenger train was in collision with a cattle train. One person was killed.[2]
On 4 July 1988 a Class 47 cement train derailed, demolishing a section of the bridge which carries the B940 over the railway. This was caused by excessive speed and a fault with the rail line.[3]

Services

Weekday timetable

CrossCountry: CrossCountry operate three daily (Mon-Sat) services out of Dundee, calling at Cupar. Two of these are through trains to Plymouth via Leeds & Birmingham New Street, one of which continues to Penzance. The other is a late evening train that terminates at Edinburgh.

They also operate two northbound services to Dundee, one of which continues through to Aberdeen.[4]

ScotRail:[5]

1 tph to Edinburgh via Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing and Haymarket.

3 tpd to Inverurie via Leuchars, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Stonehaven, Aberdeen and Dyce. 1 tpd extended to Inverness in the evening (connections are otherwise available at Dundee).

1 tph to Dundee via Leuchars.

1 tpd to Carnoustie, via Leuchars, Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Balmossie, Monifieth, Barry Links and Golf Street.

Sunday services operate every two hours each way to Edinburgh & Dundee, with some extra evening trains.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Springfield		Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Leuchars
Ladybank		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Leuchars

Station approach (1988)

References

"CUPAR RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 9. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
Mather, Michael (2018). Fife's Railways Remembered. Amberley Publishing.
GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 51 (Network Rail)
GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 229 (Network Rail)

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[1] "CUPAR RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[Trevena2-2] Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 9. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.

[3] Mather, Michael (2018). Fife's Railways Remembered. Amberley Publishing.

[4] GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 51 (Network Rail)

[5] GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 229 (Network Rail)