Markinch railway station
Markinch railway station is a railway station in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, which serves the Glenrothes, Leslie and Levenmouth areas of Fife.
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| General information | |
| Location | Markinch, Fife Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56.2005°N 3.1308°W |
| Grid reference | NO299015 |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | MNC |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 |  0.316 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.317 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.281 million |
| 2020/21 | 32,072 |
| 2021/22 | 0.159 million |
Listed Building – Category B | |
| Designated | 10 September 1979 |
| Reference no. | LB42936[2] |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station is managed by 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.
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.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Kirkcaldy | ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line |
Ladybank | ||
| Kirkcaldy | ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
Terminus | ||
| Kirkcaldy | CrossCountry Cross Country Network |
Ladybank | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Falkland Road Line open, station closed |
North British Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway |
Thornton Junction Line open, station closed | ||
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.
- "BALGONIE ROAD AND MITCHELL TERRACE, MARKINCH RAILWAY STATION WITH GATEPIERS, BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 229 (Network Rail)