Date: 23/08/2022

Though Reversing Beeching is a popular aspiration, the question of whether a line should have been closed is quite different from whether it should now be reopened. Providing new rail infrastructure is an expensive business and can only be justified if it offers significant benefits. With some justification, the Levenmouth Rail Campaign (LMRC) has for some time argued that there is a strong case to re-open the six-mile branch line to Leven. This was originally part of the line around the coast of Fife's East Neuk to St Andrews. Following the Beeching Report, this was closed in 1965 although its Leven branch remained open. Nevertheless, British Rail closed the branch to passenger traffic in 1969. It then remained open to freight traffic which ceased about 20 years ago.

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Looking from the A915 towards Levenmouth, along the cleared track, on 1st December 2020. The buffer stop is the extremity of Cameron Bridge yard, formerly on the double track to Leven. This site is likely to become the location of a new Cameron Bridge station with a car park off to the left in this view.
Location: Cameron Bridge
Company: Leven Railway
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Location: Levenmouth
Company: Kirkland Yard and Leven Dock to Methil Line Widening (North British Railway)
02/05/2022 John Yellowlees

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Location: Cameron Bridge
Company: Leven Railway
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