Burntisland 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.

History

The Edinburgh and Northern Railway chose Burntisland as its southern terminus, opening its main line north across Fife to Lindores & in September 1847. These were extended by the following summer to Hilton Junction, near Perth, and Tayport.
From Burntisland, 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 south-west Scotland. The current station 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, running southbound to and Edinburgh and northbound to Kirkcaldy &. One of the latter then continues along the western side of the Fire Circle line back to Edinburgh via. Evenings see an hourly service, with some through trains beyond Kirkcaldy to or Perth, whilst on Sundays an hourly service operates each way around the Circle.