Cardenden railway station
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Cardenden railway station is a railway station in Cardenden
, Fife
, Scotland
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
and is on the Fife Circle Line
, 43 km (26.7 mi) north of .
The station is situated on Station Road, between the Bowhill and Dundonald areas. It can be accessed from the street by ramps or stairs. A footbridge connects the platforms.
The station is unmanned and there are no ticket vending facilities. Passengers boarding here must buy their tickets from staff on the train.
There is a small car park. The nearest public phone is at Bowhill Club, a short walk from the station. There are bus stops on Station Road.
The station has recently been upgraded with new platforms and a signage system giving accurate train times.
A CCTV system covers the station and is operated by ScotRail.
Cardenden was the terminus for train services until the line to Thornton re-opened allowing the "Fife Circle Line" to operate.
Services in both directions begin and end in Edinburgh either at or Waverley
. The journey to Edinburgh is quicker via Dunfermline (56 minutes vs 1h26) than via Kirkcaldy and the stations on the Fife coast.
On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction.
Cardenden
Cardenden is a Scottish town located on the South bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. It is approximately North-West of Kirkcaldy. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway for its new railway station...
, Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
and is on the Fife Circle Line
Fife Circle Line
The Fife Circle is the local rail service north from Edinburgh. It links all the towns of south Fife and the coastal towns along the Firth of Forth before heading to Edinburgh.-Service:...
, 43 km (26.7 mi) north of .
The station is situated on Station Road, between the Bowhill and Dundonald areas. It can be accessed from the street by ramps or stairs. A footbridge connects the platforms.
The station is unmanned and there are no ticket vending facilities. Passengers boarding here must buy their tickets from staff on the train.
There is a small car park. The nearest public phone is at Bowhill Club, a short walk from the station. There are bus stops on Station Road.
The station has recently been upgraded with new platforms and a signage system giving accurate train times.
A CCTV system covers the station and is operated by ScotRail.
Cardenden was the terminus for train services until the line to Thornton re-opened allowing the "Fife Circle Line" to operate.
Services
There is generally an hourly service in each direction along the Fife Circle Line westbound towards or eastbound towards .Services in both directions begin and end in Edinburgh either at or Waverley
Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Covering an area of over 25 acres in the centre of the city, it is the second-largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being...
. The journey to Edinburgh is quicker via Dunfermline (56 minutes vs 1h26) than via Kirkcaldy and the stations on the Fife coast.
On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction.