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. A decision is expected to be made in winter 2021 with construction starting the following year.[6]

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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.