Leven railway station (Fife)

Leven railway station is a proposed railway station that will be the terminus of the Levenmouth rail link, connecting the town of Leven, Fife with the Fife Circle Line. Historically, there was a station at Leven between 1854 and 1969 on the North British Railway.[1]

A plan to re-open the rail link and the station was approved by the Scottish Government on 8 August 2019.[2] The £70 million project[3] would see the station built near the town's swimming pool by 2024.[4] Direct journeys to Edinburgh Waverley are projected to take just over an hour.[5]

In December 2020, four options were proposed for the new station site.[6] In June 2021, the station site was announced.[7]

Site

The station will be situated underneath Bawbee Bridge and will have two platforms.[7]

Preceding station Future services Following station
Cameron Bridge   ScotRail
Levenmouth rail link		   Terminus

References
  1. Fife today article on the line
  2. "Disused Fife rail line to be reopened". BBC News. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. "Green light for £70m reopening of mothballed Fife railway". The Scotsman. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. "Levenmouth Rail Link gets £75m green light". Fife Today. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. "Joy as Levenmouth rail link is given the go-ahead". The Courier.co.uk. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  6. "Levenmouth rail link: proposed locations for new train stations revealed". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. Callaghan, Jamie (15 June 2021). "New train station sites announced for Leven line". Fife Today. Retrieved 26 March 2023.


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