- Cowdenbeath railway station
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Cowdenbeath 
Cowdenbeath railway station in 1988 Location Place Cowdenbeath Local authority Fife Coordinates 56°06′43″N 3°20′35″W / 56.112°N 3.343°WCoordinates: 56°06′43″N 3°20′35″W / 56.112°N 3.343°W Operations Station code COW Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 136,153 2005/06 * 142,036 2006/07 * 151,191 2007/08 * 146,057 2008/09 * 0.157 million National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cowdenbeath from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Cowdenbeath railway station is a railway station in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 36 km (22½ miles) north of Edinburgh Waverley.
The station can be accessed via two steep ramps from either the east side of the High Street, or Station Road, and there is a footbridge connecting the platforms.
The ticket office is situated within the waiting room. Additional ticket facilities are provided by an automatic ticket machine outside the waiting room. There is a toilet but to access it, a key must be obtained from the ticket office. There were public toilet facilities in the High Street but these were closed in May 2008; now the nearest facilities are at Cowdenbeath Leisure Centre, a short walk from the High Street.
The nearest bus stops, public phones and taxi rank are in the High Street.
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh and an hourly service northbound towards Kirkcaldy (and back to Edinburgh) on the Fife Circle Line.
Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.
External links
- Train times and station information for Cowdenbeath railway station from National Rail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Dunfermline Queen Margaret First ScotRail
Lochgelly Categories:- Railway stations in Fife
- Former North British Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1890
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
- Scotland railway station stubs
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