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Leuchars
for St Andrews
Location
Place	Leuchars
Local authority	Fife
Operations
Station code	LEU
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.350 million
2005/06 *	0.375 million
2006/07 *	0.378 million
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Leuchars from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Leuchars railway station serves the towns of Leuchars and St Andrews in Fife.

The station was built as Leuchars Junction station for the route over the Tay Bridge to Dundee, the previous Leuchars station being on the line to Tayport.

There are buses and taxis available to transfer passengers to nearby St. Andrews, which does not have its own railway station.

The Station is located near the active airbase RAF Leuchars.

Station operator First ScotRail announced plans during March 2008 to erect a wind turbine to meet the electricity requirements of the station, and hope to generate a small surplus of electricity which they can sell back to the national grid. Leuchars will be the first station to be powered this way, and if the project, which was funded by Transport Scotland proves successful, it may be rolled out across other stations. ^[1]

Services

Weekday Timetable

Intercity Trains

National Express East Coast:

3 Trains Per day to London Kings Cross from Aberdeen via Edinburgh, Newcastle and York.

3 Trains per day to Aberdeen from London Kings Cross via Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven.

1 Train per day to Edinburgh from Aberdeen via Kirkcaldy.

1 Train per day to Aberdeen from Leeds via Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven.

Arriva CrossCountry Trains:

1 Train per day to Bournemouth from Dundee via Edinburgh, Newcastle, Birmingham New Street and Reading.

1 Train per day to Birmingham New Street from Aberdeen via Edinburgh, Newcastle and Leeds.

1 Train per day to Edinburgh from Aberdeen via Cupar and Kirkcaldy.

1 Train per day to Aberdeen from Dundee via Dundee, Arbroath and Stonehaven.

1 Train per day to Dundee from Edinburgh via Kirkcaldy and Cupar.

First Scotrail:

1 Train per day to London Euston from Aberdeen via Edinburgh*, Preston and Crewe. (Caledonian Sleeper)

1 Train per day to Aberdeen from London Euston via Crewe, Preston and Edinburgh*. (Caledonian Sleeper)

Passengers are not allowed to board or alight at Edinburgh Waverley. This is where the Sleepers to/from Fort William, Inverness and Aberdeen join/separate.

Local Trains

First Scotrail:

1 train per hour to Edinburgh from Aberdeen via Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing and Haymarket.

1 Trains per hour to Aberdeen via Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven.

Gallery

A station has stood here since at least 1852 when the 6 mile branch line to St Andrews opened. That line closed to traffic in 1969 and since then Leuchars has become the nearest station to St Andrews.

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Leuchars railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 56°22′30″N 2°53′38″W / 56.375, -2.894