Markinch railway station

Markinch
Location
Place	Markinch
Local authority	Fife
Coordinates	56°12′02″N 3°07′51″W / 56.2005°N 3.1308°WCoordinates: 56°12′02″N 3°07′51″W / 56.2005°N 3.1308°W
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*
2004/05	0.160 million
2005/06	0.170 million
2006/07	0.190 million
2007/08	0.214 million
2008/09	0.245 million
2009/10	0.252 million
2010/11	0.234 million
2011/12	0.249 million
2012/13	0.260 million
2013/14	0.263 million
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.
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Markinch railway station is a railway station in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, which serves the Glenrothes and Levenmouth areas of Fife.

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 (hourly to each) and some services to Inverness and Aberdeen call at Markinch. Southbound there are two trains per hour to Edinburgh. There is one direct service from Glasgow Queen Street each weekday evening.^[1] Sunday services are somewhat irregular, running every two hours in the morning & early afternoon but more frequently thereafter. - these run to/from Aberdeen or Inverness northbound.

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

References

1. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 229 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Markinch railway station from National Rail