Markinch railway station

Markinch railway station is a railway station in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, which serves the Glenrothes and Levenmouth areas of Fife.

Markinch
Scottish Gaelic: Marc-Innis[1]
Location
Place	Markinch
Local authority	Fife
Coordinates	56.2005°N 3.1308°W / 56.2005; -3.1308
Grid reference	NO299015
Operations
Station code	MNC
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	0.283 million
2015/16	0.309 million
2016/17	0.310 million
2017/18	0.316 million
2018/19	0.317 million
Listed status
Listing grade	Category B
Entry number	LB42936[2]
Added to list	10 September 1979
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Markinch from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the main Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line, 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.

Services

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 amd run every two hours in the morning and early afternoon but more frequently thereafter. They run to and from Aberdeen or Inverness northbound.

Two CrossCountry trains from Dundee/Aberdeen to Plymouth via Leeds and Birmingham New Street call each weekday and Saturday morning, and two return services call from the West Country via Leeds and Edinburgh in the evening.

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirkcaldy		Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Ladybank
Kirkcaldy		Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line		Terminus
Kirkcaldy		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Ladybank