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 Inverkeithing: A class 170 for Edinburgh from the Dunfermline line calls at Inverkeithing on 19 May 2021. The HST seemed to be held up for an unnecessary amount of time to let it into the station, but I'm sure they ... |
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Calls to halt regular overcrowding on Fife trains have been made after an MSP said passengers were 'packed like sardines' on a journey from Inverkeithing.
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Works to improve safety on two bridges which cross the railway line in Inverkeithing have been carried out.
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Scotrail has been instructed to review Fife Circle services following demand for 'much-needed improvements'. Annabelle Ewing, SNP MSP for the Cowdenbeath constituency, which includes Rosyth, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay, hopes that 'lessons are learned from current performance' during the next phase of the operator's 'Fit for the Future' scheme.
(Permalink) Aberdour Burntisland Cardenden Cowdenbeath Dalgety Bay Dunfermline City Dunfermline Queen Margaret Fife Circle Glenrothes with Thornton Inverkeithing Kinghorn Kirkcaldy Lochgelly Rosyth Inverkeithing: A class 170 for Edinburgh from the Dunfermline line calls at Inverkeithing on 19 May 2021. The HST seemed to be held up for an unnecessary amount of time to let it into the station, but I'm sure they ...  Burntisland: The sharp curve at Burntisland is very noticeable in this view along the Up platform as a pair of 158s, working a clockwise Fife Circle service, call on 5th August 2021.  Dunfermline Queen Margaret: A frosty morning at Dunfermline, Queen Margaret on 20 January 2023 as the 1001 service to Edinburgh Waverley (0956 ex-Cowdenbeath) arrives at platform 1. |
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Inverkeithing will no longer be serviced by CrossCountry trains as the company cuts all Fife services.
(Permalink) CrossCountry Inverkeithing  Inverkeithing: A CrossCountry Voyager calls at Inverkeithing on 23rd November 2018, with the 09.25 from Plymouth (which actually started from Totnes) to Aberdeen. The guard looks back ready to blow his whistle.
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Two members of ScotRail staff have been praised for their actions and intervention when another railway worker collapsed at a Fife station. ScotRail employees Lorna Bathgate and Charlie Algeo have been praised for their life-saving actions when a railway employee collapsed on the footbridge at Inverkeithing station. Lorna, who works at Inverkeithing Ticket Office, and Charlie, a Train Dispatcher, were approached by members of public who noticed a customer had collapsed at the station.
(Permalink) Inverkeithing Life-saving ScotRail ScotRail staff |
 Inverkeithing Tunnel: A moribund goods branch? No, the main line from Edinburgh to
Aberdeen. The bridge over Hope Street, Inverkeithing on 24 July 2010. The Forth Bridge and Edinburgh to the right, Inverkeithing tunnel t ... |
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Rail bosses are planning to add wi-fi to the waiting room at a busy Fife station.
(Permalink) Inverkeithing Wi-fi Inverkeithing: A class 170 for Edinburgh from the Dunfermline line calls at Inverkeithing on 19 May 2021. The HST seemed to be held up for an unnecessary amount of time to let it into the station, but I'm sure they ...  Inverkeithing: A Fife to Edinburgh service calls at Inverkeithing on 28/02/2017. The lamp columns on this half of the platform have been removed and replaced with strip lights on the fence. The back of the platform ... |
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Rail passengers travelling between Dundee and Inverkeithing faced disruption earlier this morning after a train fault at Leuchars station.
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Transform Scotland's press release:
' Transform Scotland's Inter-City Express Campaign aims to see investment in the railway between the Central Belt of Scotland and Inverness brought up to the level being spent on roads (£6bn on the A9 and A96 upgrades). We are looking for a major investment programme to bring the railway up to 21st century standard by dualling the track, electrification and other enhancements. 'An important element of our proposal is the re-opening of the line between Inverkeithing and Perth, which would give a reduction in journey time of at least 30 minutes to Perth and beyond. We have therefore been pressing for the safeguarding of remaining track and infrastructure from non-rail development which would inevitably lead to increased costs when the line is reconstructed.' (Permalink) Glenfarg Glenfarg Route Inverkeithing Perth  Kelty South Junction: Looking north to Kelty station, junctions and marshalling yards in 1989. Unfortunately the trackbed has been heavily landscaped and you'll need your imagination. A cutting here ran from the foreground ...  Glenfarg North Tunnel: A distant Bill Jamieson framed in the northern portal of the second of two tunnels north of Glenfarg on 12th June 2013.  Bridge of Earn: Eastern abutment of bridge at Wicks O Baiglie looking north to Bridge of Earn (line closed 1970). Balmanno IBS were 400yards to the left. |
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This was a day of disrupted services. The North Berwick Line flooded, there was a track defect at Gartshore and flooding between Linlithgow and Edinburgh Haymarket (Edinburgh to Glasgow line), flooding at Inverkeithing, a landslide between Aberdeen and Stonehaven, and flooding of the Bathgate line. The East Coast Main Line was closed between Edinburgh and Berwick.
(Permalink) Bathgate Flood Gartshore Loops Inverkeithing Landslide Linlithgow North Berwick Stonehaven |
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Awards from the Public Transport Fund announcement by the Scottish Transport minister;
- New station for Gartcosh - Possible re-location of Stranraer station - An interchange at Inverkeithing with buses for Edinburgh Airport - Modifications to SPT rolling stock - Improvements to stations in East Renfrewshire and East Lothian (Permalink) Edinburgh Airport Gartcosh Inverkeithing Public Transport Fund Stranraer |
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