Place Burntisland Station code BTS 2011/12 0.201 million Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference NT232856 Managed by Abellio ScotRail 2012/13 0.194 million | |
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Address Burntisland KY3 9DU, United Kingdom Similar Cowdenbeath railway station, Aberdour railway station, North Queensferry railway st, Kinghorn railway station, Cardenden railway station | ||
Burntisland railway station is a railway station in the town of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line.
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History
The Edinburgh and Northern Railway chose Burntisland as its southern terminus, opening its main line north across Fife to Lindores & Cupar (branch line) in September 1847 (these were subsequently extended to Hilton Junction, near Perth and Tayport by the following summer).
From here a ferry service ran across the River Forth to Granton in the northern suburbs of Edinburgh (from where trains could be taken to various destinations across central and southwest Scotland). The present station here though dates from 1890, when the Forth Rail Bridge and associated connecting lines were opened to provide a direct route across the Forth estuary to Edinburgh Waverley.
Accidents and incidents
On 14 April 1914, an express passenger train hauled by NBR H class locomotive 872 Auld Reekie was in collision with a freight train that was being shunted. The cause of the accident was an error by the signalman. Two people were killed.
Services
Two trains per hour call at the station off peak (Mon-Sat), running southbound to Inverkeithing and Edinburgh and northbound to Kirkcaldy & Glenrothes with Thornton. One of the latter then continues along the western side of the Fire Circle line back to Edinburgh via Cowdenbeath. Evenings see an hourly service, with some through trains beyond Kirkcaldy to Dundee or Perth, whilst on Sundays an hourly service operates each way around the Circle.