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Network Rail has commissioned the signalling system on the new 116m Levenmouth Rail Link - meaning trains can use the line.
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The move marked the beginning of driver training ahead of the line's official opening later this year.
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Community centres and a new railway line are also on the cards in the coming 12 months.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Levenmouth Line  Cameron Bridge: A road-railer and trailer pass through Cameron Bridge on 20th December 2023. This view looking east with more activity in the new station beyond the bridge.
 Leven: Looking east from the Fife Heritage Railway compound, to the inner crossover on the new Leven Railway, with the terminus in the distance 29 December 2023.
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On 25 August, Scotland's Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop and Alex Hynes, managing director of Scotland's Railway installed the final golden pandrol clip to mark the completion of track laying on the Levenmouth Rail Link project. This work entailed laying 19km of track over a number of phases since March 2022. Rail Engineer explained how this ...
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The new Bawbee bridge officially opened to traffic on Tuesday (28 November), earlier than had been planned.
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A date has been set for the opening of the new River Leven Road bridge, known locally as the Bawbee Bridge.
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Network Rail has announced a date for the opening of the new River Leven Road (Bawbee) bridge following completion of work to rebuild the section above Leven station.
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The reopening of the Levenmouth Rail Link, which will mark the return of passenger rail services to the region for the first time since the 1960s, has presented ScotRail with ...
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ScotRail are holding a public consultation on a proposed new timetable for services between Edinburgh, Fife, and the Tay Cities, including services to the new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven.
As the Levenmouth Rail Link reopens, ScotRail are taking the opportunity to propose changes to the timetable that will benefit people across Fife, based on feedback received from customers and stakeholders. (Permalink) Cameron Bridge Dundee Edinburgh Fife Leven Levenmouth Line Perth ScotRail Timetable |
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Nine young people have taken their first steps on the path to a potential career in the rail industry.
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Businesses across Levenmouth are being encouraged to ensure they are ready for the return of a rail link for the first time in 50 years.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Levenmouth Levenmouth Line  Leven: Job done. Track has been laid to the platform ends at Leven with a continuous line of rails from Thornton North Junction. A crossover remains to be inserted. 19 August 2023
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As part of our vision to support thriving, connected, and resilient communities and destinations that are great places to live, work, and visit, we are holding a public consultation on a proposed new timetable for services between Edinburgh, Fife, and the Tay Cities. This includes services to the new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven. The consultation opens on Monday, 11 September 2023, and will be available until Monday, 23 October 2023.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Edinburgh Fife Leven Tay Timetable Leven: Job done. Track has been laid to the platform ends at Leven with a continuous line of rails from Thornton North Junction. A crossover remains to be inserted. 19 August 2023
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A new and improved car park will be funded and built by Network Rail as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project.
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Network Rail has secured planning permission for the construction of the new Leven station as part of the £116m Scottish Government-funded Levenmouth Rail Link project.
(Permalink) Leven Levenmouth  Leven: Network Rail has secured planning permission for the construction of the new Leven station as part of the £116m Scottish Government-funded Levenmouth Rail Link project.
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Network Rail has invited Fife residents to an informal community drop-in event on Tuesday August 15 to discuss its brand new footbridge proposals along the Mountfleurie to Kirkland Path.
(Permalink) Kirkland Leven Levenmouth Mountfleurie  Mountfleurie Crossing: DRS 66122 stops at Mountfleurie crossing with sleepers being deposited for the Up line.  Mountfleurie Crossing: Mount Flurie foot crossing looking east. In the centre of the frame can be seen a diesel shunter in the Fife Heritage Railway compound.  Mountfleurie Crossing: View west showing the Mountfleurie crossing. The new line is to the left and KFRPS line to the right.
Network Rail has submitted a planning application to Fife Council to build a bridge over the ne ... |
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Councillor Colin Davidson, convener of the Local Area Committee, visited the site of the Levenmouth Rail link project to see first-hand Levenmouth Academy pupils participating in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workshops.
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The temporary road and bridge - constructed to minimise disruption during the demolition of the Bawbee bridge in Leven - is now open to traffic.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Leven Levenmouth River Leven  Leven: The temporary road and bridge - constructed to minimise disruption during the demolition of the Bawbee bridge in Leven - is now open to traffic.
The bridge opened at circa 13.30, (Friday May 5) sli ... |
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Network Rail has announced that the temporary bridge carrying traffic across the river during the demolition of the River Leven - Bawbee bridge will open on Friday May 5 with an anticipated time of 15.00.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Leven Levenmouth Network Rail River Leven  Leven: Network Rail has announced that the temporary bridge carrying traffic across the river during the demolition of the River Leven – Bawbee – bridge will open on Friday May 5 with an anticipa ...  Leven: Work is underway to install a temporary bridge structure and build a road to enable the demolition and reconstruction of the A955 Leven Rail (Bawbee) bridge.
Construction of the new temporary cross ...  Leven: The diversion route takes traffic from the A955/B933 roundabout, through the swimming pool car park and across the river via the temporary bridge. Traffic will then join the existing road network at t ... |
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The new Leven station is beginning to take shape after two months of intensive work on the site.
(Permalink) Leven Levenmouth  Leven: The new Leven station is beginning to take shape after two months of intensive work on the site.
Part of the £116m Scottish Government-funded Levenmouth Rail Link project, the station will re ...  Leven: Side walls of the island platform under construction at Leven/Levenmouth station in a view looking to where the buffers will be. The Bawbee Bridge is in the background and River Leven on the right. |
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Network Rail has today submitted the planning applications for the development of new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project.
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Traffic restrictions are to remain in place on and around the A955 Leven Rail Bridge over the coming weeks as work to divert utilities off the structure continues.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Leven Methil  Kirkland Loop: Looking west from the site of the future Levenmouth Station, under the Bawbee Bridge, to the 'Lothian & Fife Wanderer' railtour on 23 August 1980 resting at the east end of the Kirkland Loop.  Kirkland Loop: A passenger train calls at the site for Levenmouth station on 23 August 1980. The 'Lothian & Fife Wanderer' deposits visitors (as was permitted in those days) onto the tracks just short of the locati ...  Leven: View of the future site of Leven station centred on the Bawbee Bridge. The site of the former Methil Power Station is at the top of the view. |
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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.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Leven Railway Levenmouth Line Methil  Cameron Bridge: Increased work volume means more vehicle movements on the project to construct the new Levenmouth rail link. A Moxy crosses a bridge fitted with bog mats and timber.  Leven: The new Levenmouth station site (behind Sainsbury's) seen from the overbridge on 2nd May 2022.
 Cameron Bridge: 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 ... |
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Network Rail is advising people who are using the disused Leven railway corridor to 'be aware' as activity increases ahead of work to reinstate the line.
(Permalink) Leven Levenmouth  Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking towards Levenmouth at Cameron Bridge on 20th November 2020, with long lost track revealed.  Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west from Station Road, over the former Cameron Bridge station and yard on 20th November 2020, with vegetation clearance well advanced.
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Network Rail is advising people who are using the disused Leven railway corridor to 'be aware' as activity increases ahead of work to reinstate the line.
(Permalink) Leven Levenmouth Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking towards Levenmouth at Cameron Bridge on 20th November 2020, with long lost track revealed. Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west from Station Road, over the former Cameron Bridge station and yard on 20th November 2020, with vegetation clearance well advanced.
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The Mens Shed at Bayview was the recipient of the first load of logs which originated from the vegetation clearance on the branch line between Thornton Junction and Leven.
(Permalink) Leven Levenmouth New station Thornton Junction  East Fife Central Junction: Ken Whyte, Chair of the Shed at Bayview, said: 'One of the skills we were hoping to develop was forest craft. When we heard that Network Rail were clearing along the railway line prior to work commenc ...  East Fife Central Junction: View west to the former East Fife Central Junction showing clearance works. |
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