Kirkcaldy railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Kirkcaldy
code = KDY

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caption = Whyte Melville Road Entrance
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Kirkcaldy
borough = Fife
usage0405 = 1.050
usage0506 = 1.072
usage0607 = 1.126
platforms = 2
years = 20 June,1847
events = Opened
years1 = 1964
events1 = Re-built
years2 = 1991
events2 = South Platform re-built

Kirkcaldy Railway Station is a railway station in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line 42 km (26 miles) north east of Edinburgh Waverley. British Transport Police maintain a small office on platform 1.

The station is located on Station Road cite web | url = http://www.fife.gov.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&FacId=029616FA-349C-4E36-856A1D88BFEDBA0F | title = fifedirect.org.uk: Kirkcaldy Railway Station] with an entrance on Whyte Melville Road. There are car parks on either side with an extension on the Whyte Melville Road side for Edinburgh commuter traffic. [cite web | url = http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/FOURMINUTE-TRIP-JUST-TO-BUY.1580930.jp | title = Fife Today - Four-minute trip just to buy a ticket ... ] The station building is situated on the Edinburgh platform. In the building is a ticket office, toilets, public phone and kiosk.

Platforms are adjoined by a connecting subway and a flight of stairs.

There are waiting rooms on both platforms and CCTV is in operation.

There are three main railway station bus stops located on Bennochy Road (off Station Road) with access to the car park. A further two bus stops are located on Whyte Melville Road, one of which is adjacent to the entrance and the other opposite University of Dundee Nursing Kirkcaldy Campus.

History

A proposal to bring two railway lines to the town had been suggested as far back as 1836, but neither plan succeeded. This led for pressure to support a new line from Burntisland to Newport-on-Tay and Tayport via Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Markinch and Cupar in 1840. However, it was three years before Parliament even acknowledged this essential plan. An unanimous decision was passed in favour by both the house of lords and commons.Eunson: Old Kirkcaldy (1998) p33] Kirkcaldy railway station, along with now defunct stations in Sinclairtown and Dysart, finally opened on 20th June 1847 Eunson: Old Dysart (1998) p24] as part of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, which terminated at Cupar.

Originally, only the South Platform was covered, until a re-fit of the station was undertaken towards the end of the 19th century.

The station buildings survived intact, until they were re-built in 1964, probably as part of the controversial town centre redevelopment plan. A fire in the late 1980s, led to the destruction of the South Platform. A new South Platform had to be built again from scratch, and this was officially re-opened again to the public in 1991. [Kirkcaldy Civic Society (2000), Page 3]

Services

Most National Express East Coast, CrossCountry Trains and ScotRail express trains between Edinburgh and Aberdeen call at Kirkcaldy. Typical journey time from Edinburgh is 45 minutes.

On the Fife Circle Line Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is an half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh and an hourly service northbound to Markinch with an hourly service towards Glenrothes with Thornton and back to Edinburgh via Dunfermline Town. Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service to Edinburgh and a two hourly service to Markinch and a two hourly service along the Fife Circle to Edinburgh via Dunfermline.

rail line
previous=Inverkeithing
next=Markinch
route=CrossCountry
Cross Country Network|col=C80815rail line
previous=Inverkeithing
next=Markinch
route=First ScotRail

Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line
col=ff80c0rail line two to one
previous1=Kinghorn
previous2=Glenrothes with Thornton
next=Markinch
route1=First ScotRail

Fife Circle Line
route2=First ScotRail

Fife Circle Line
col=ff80c0rail line
previous=Inverkeithing
next=Leuchars
route=First ScotRail
Highland Caledonian Sleeper
col=ff80c0rail line
previous=Inverkeithing
next=Leuchars
route=NXEC
East Coast Main Line
col=NXEC colour
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* [http://www.fife.gov.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&FacId=029616FA-349C-4E36-856A1D88BFEDBA0F Station information from Fife Council]