Leven railway station is a station under construction that will serve as 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. ^ a b Callaghan, Jamie (15 June 2021). "New train station sites announced for Leven line". Fife Today. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

56°11′32″N 3°00′07″W / 56.1923°N 3.002°W / 56.1923; -3.002


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