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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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Plans to deliver a key active travel link in Levenmouth have taken a significant step forward after the business case was approved by councillors.
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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: A crossover was being installed on 30 August 2023, just short of Leven station.  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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To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2023, the Levenmouth Rail Link project welcomed a group of female industry professionals to site.
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The Levenmouth Rail Link project today (21 June) played host to new S2 students from Levenmouth Academy participating in a day of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workshops.
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A new survey has been launched on bus services across Levenmouth ahead of the re-opening of the Leven rail link.
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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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Leven is preparing to be reconnected to Scotland's main railway network for the first time in more than half a century.
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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.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Levenmouth  Leven: The future site of Leven/Levenmouth station, showing the Bawbee Bridge with the River Leven on the left, on 26 October 2022. The station platform will pass under the bridge, which is receiving attenti ...  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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Work is now under way to build the new Leven station as part of the 116m Scottish Government funded Levenmouth Rail Link project.
(Permalink) Levenmouth  Leven: Looking south from the Bawbee Bridge, over the site for the new Leven station, on 26 October 2022.
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Levenmouth campaigners say a Fife train drivers depot would deliver a jobs boost and more reliable rail services.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Train Crew Depot  Tweedbank: However inviting this building may become during the winter it is strictly not for the likes of us. The staff accommodation at Eildon View station (actually Tweedbank) on 20/10/2015. |
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Work is underway on the Levenmouth Rail Link project to protect the future railway from the impact of the adjacent river.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Levenmouth Branch River Leven  Leven: This view looking west from the Bawbee Bridge shows embankment works alongside the River Leven, beyond the concrete retaining wall. 26th October 2022.  Leven: The new Levenmouth station site (behind Sainsbury's) seen from the overbridge on 2nd May 2022.
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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Work is underway on the Levenmouth Rail Link project to protect the future railway from the impact of the adjacent river.
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An extra £1.9m in funding has been secured to allow work on replacing the Leven Railway Bridge [road bridge over railway] to get under way soon.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Levenmouth Leven: The future site of Leven/Levenmouth station, showing the Bawbee Bridge with the River Leven on the left, on 26 October 2022. The station platform will pass under the bridge, which is receiving attenti ... 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 ... |
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People throughout Levenmouth's communities are being encouraged to continue to support local businesses as investment in the new railway line, stations and work on the A955 Leven Rail Bridge progresses.
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Major plans to restore a rail link to Leven have taken another key step forward. A planning application has now been formally lodged to build a new station and car park on land next to Leven Swimming Pool. The £116m project will have a station behind the leisure centre, plus a Cameron Bridge halt [station] to the east of the A915.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Car park Levenmouth  Methil East Junction: The new station site at Levenmouth on the 10th of April. The leisure centre is to the left. The area of grass will be a car park and the platforms will pass below the Bawbee Bridge from which the phot ... |
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Levenmouth rail campaigner Eugene Clarke is a glass half full kind of person.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Leven: The new Levenmouth station site (behind Sainsbury's) seen from the overbridge on 2nd May 2022.
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Removing the platform at a former halt has cleared the way for double tracking at Cameron Bridge on the Levenmouth project, a new line for communities in the east of Scotland. Critically, the demolition of the redundant passenger station opens up the prospect of reconnecting freight to adjacent industrial installations.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Diageo Levenmouth Railfreight  Cameron Bridge: A view of the spoil from the demolition of the older Cameron Bridge station's platform.  Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west over the site of Cameron Bridge station and yard on 14 September 2022, with the freight sidings lifted and the way cleared for laying the new double track line to Levenmouth. |
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Some local residents are counting the days until they can board a train in Leven[mouth] but Network Rail hasn't won everyone over with its plans.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Network Rail Methil East Junction: The new station site at Levenmouth on the 10th of April. The leisure centre is to the left. The area of grass will be a car park and the platforms will pass below the Bawbee Bridge from which the phot ... |
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Network Rail will tonight (3 October) unveil plans for the station developments that will be delivered as part of the £116.6M Levenmouth Rail link project.
Network Rail will unveil the final plans for the new stations at two drop-in events to be held near to the proposed station sites and local people are invited to come along and see the plans - ahead of them being submitted as planning applications to Fife Council. (Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Levenmouth Line  Cameron Bridge: Looking east from the A915 bridge towards the compound, and site of the new Cameron Bridge station, on 31 August 2022. See image [[78918]] from November 2021.
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Two new stations to serve the Levenmouth rail link have been dismissed as 'glorified bothies' with no toilets.
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Local people in Leven and Cameron Bridge will get the first chance to see the plans for the station developments that will be delivered as part of the Levenmouth Rail link project.
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Campaigners fear Levenmouth could lose out on plans for a freight terminal for the new railway line.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Diageo Levenmouth Levenmouth Rail Campaign Group Methil Docks Railfreight  Cameron Bridge [1st]: As part of an investigation into reopening the Levenmouth branch to passenger traffic, BR and Fife Regional Council officials travelled down the line in saloon DM45020, hauled by 37240. The train pau ...  Methil East Junction: Looking south west from the footbridge over the lines near Methil East Junction in February 1970, with a train leaving the docks to run to Kirkland yard. Note coal hoist 8A on dock number 3 in the rig ... |
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Network Rail has been accused of failing to engage with the community over plans for the Levenmouth rail link. [Article may require subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Railway Levenmouth Levenmouth Line Network Rail 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.  Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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A senior project manager on the £116 million Levenmouth rail project has told of the teams pleasant surprise at the condition of 19th century bridges on the route, which are currently being worked on with the help of fully encapsulated scaffolding.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Cameron Bridge [1st]: Aerial view east over 'tented' bridge with Cameronbridge Distillery in background. Image provided to Network Rail by contractor Story. |
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North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain has written to Network Rail to seek clarity on its plans for consultations on the design of stations along the new rail link to Levenmouth.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth 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. Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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With the project to reinstate the Levenmouth Rail link now well underway, various elements of work are springing up across the route.
With the proximity of the river and various streams which flow into it, one early and important task is the need to thoroughly inspect the bridges on the route to ensure they are in good condition and structurally sound to carry the new railway. Each structure will be grit-blasted to remove the old paint from the bridge and take it back to the base metal. Corroded sections of the bridge will be replaced and repairs carried out where needed. New timber bridge decks will be installed to strengthen and support what will soon be a double-tracked railway running over them. (Permalink) Bridge repairs Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Levenmouth Line River Leven River Ore Underline bridges  Cameron Bridge [1st]: An encapsulated bridge over the Leven on the route of the Levenmouth line west of Cameron Bridge. With the proximity of the river and various streams which flow into it, one early and important task i ... Cameron Bridge [1st]: Aerial view east over 'tented' bridge with Cameronbridge Distillery in background. Image provided to Network Rail by contractor Story. |
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Plans to install a temporary bridge over the River Leven while work is carried out on the Leven Rail Bridges replacement have been submitted to Fife Council for approval.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Levenmouth 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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Network Rail has submitted a planning application to Fife Council for the diversion route and river crossing required during the work on the Leven (Bawbee) bridge.
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Enabling works have begun on the Levenmouth Rail Link project a programme of works to restore a rail connection to communities in the east of Fife, in Scotland, severed from the network for decades. The five-mile (8km) project will give around 30,000 people a direct connection to the rail network and provide the potential ...
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Thornton North Junction: Leven first rails - new track laid on the route to Levenmouth close to Thornton North Junction. Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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It was a milestone moment for the Levenmouth Rail Link when the first new rails were laid on the project which will reconnect the town to the mainline passenger network for the first time in more than half a century.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Thornton North Junction Thornton North Junction: Leven first rails - new track laid on the route to Levenmouth close to Thornton North Junction.  Thornton North Junction: It was a milestone moment for the Levenmouth Rail Link when the first new rails were laid on the project which will reconnect the town to the mainline passenger network for the first time in more than ... |
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Construction work on the long-awaited Levenmouth rail link is finally under way.
(Permalink) Levenmouth  Thornton North Junction: Sleepers laid out on the Levenmouth branch at Thornton North Junction, in preparation for new track being laid, on 21st February 2022.
 Thornton North Junction: An aerial view of Thornton North Junction looking north with the under re-construction line to Leven curving off to the right. Thornton Junction station was out off shot at the bottom. |
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With the bulk of preparatory activity underway, work-proper to deliver the Levenmouth rail link gets underway in earnest.
The team are using an existing possession (line closure) to carry out work at Thornton Junction overnight Saturday through Sunday and into Monday morning. (Permalink) Levenmouth |
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Trains will run to Leven again in two years time, Network Rail said today as it announced the start of construction work to re-open the mothballed Fife branch line.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Thornton North Junction: An aerial view of Thornton North Junction looking north with the under re-construction line to Leven curving off to the right. Thornton Junction station was out off shot at the bottom. Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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Levenmouth moves a step closer to the reintroduction of passenger services for the first time in more than fifty years, bringing with it exciting new journey opportunities and economic benefits for the area.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Earlseat Loading Pad: For the re-opening of the line to Leven a compound has been laid out at the site of the Earlseat Loading Pad. This aerial view looks to the north west. Thornton North Junction: Sleepers laid out on the Levenmouth branch at Thornton North Junction, in preparation for new track being laid, on 21st February 2022.
Thornton North Junction: An aerial view of Thornton North Junction looking north with the under re-construction line to Leven curving off to the right. Thornton Junction station was out off shot at the bottom. |
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Levenmouth rail campaigners have expressed delight and relief as the route is fenced off ahead of the tracks going down.
(Permalink) Levenmouth  Thornton North Junction: The Leven branch has been de-vegetated at Thornton North Junction. Seen from the main line on the 20th of April 2021.  Cameron Bridge [1st]: A road/rail machine passes Cameron Bridge (1st) station, propelling trolleys for loading with track panels being lifted from the Thornton Junction end of the line, for disposal at Kirkland Yard. I sto ...  Leven: Looking up river from the Bawbee Bridge on 26th August 2021, with old track finally lifted from the Methil branch. The new Leven station will be below. See [[66505]] for the same location in 1992. |
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A plan to spend £5.7 million more than anticipated on the replacement of Levens Rail Bridge has been backed by councillors.
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Work is now underway to install fencing along the line of the Levenmouth Rail link.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Leven: Looking up river from the Bawbee Bridge on 26th August 2021, with old track finally lifted from the Methil branch. The new Leven station will be below. See [[66505]] for the same location in 1992.  Cameron Bridge: Looking east from the A915 towards the site for Cameron Bridge 2nd station on 2nd November 2021. The line to Methil has been lifted but the sidings remain in place behind the camera. The headshunt usi ... |
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Leven bridge repairs that will see traffic diverted for a year have been approved by councillors.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Levenmouth 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 ...  Methil East Junction: The 'Black Cat' Railtour of 16 May 1992 calls at what will, in 2024, be the new Leven(mouth) station. Unit is Derby Heavyweight 107045.
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Levenmouth rail campaigners fear an £8 million bridge strengthening project could delay the opening of the new railway.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Levenmouth Methil East Junction 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: Looking up river from the Bawbee Bridge on 26th August 2021, with old track finally lifted from the Methil branch. The new Leven station will be below. See [[66505]] for the same location in 1992. Methil East Junction: The 'Black Cat' Railtour of 16 May 1992 calls at what will, in 2024, be the new Leven(mouth) station. Unit is Derby Heavyweight 107045.
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Fife Council is in a race against time to replace a badly corroded road bridge before the Levenmouth rail link opens next year.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Levenmouth Methil East Junction 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 ... |
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The cost of replacing the Leven Rail Bridge looks likely to be far higher than previously thought, a new report has revealed.
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Levenmouth Methil East Junction 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 ... |
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As activity continues to prepare for the start of work on the Levenmouth Rail Link, Members of the Scottish Parliament Jenny Gilruth and David Torrance visited site to see first-hand the progress that has been made.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Re-opening  Kirkland Loop: As activity continues to prepare for the start of work on the Levenmouth Rail Link, Members of the Scottish Parliament Jenny Gilruth and David Torrance visited site to see first-hand the progress that ... |
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Around £25,000 is to be spent commissioning a new study aimed at creating a sense of place in and around the proposed new Leven Rail Station.
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Council officers are facing a race against time to deliver a new Leven Railway Bridge ahead of the town being reconnected to the rail network in just over two years time. Around £2.5million has already been identified within Fife Councils capital plan to strengthen the bridge deck of the existing Leven Railway Bridge, but further investigations have revealed that the bridge abutments now also need to be replaced. [This article refers to the multi-girder railway bridge over the Leven at the former Methil East Junction - planned Levenmouth station site - and the adjoining road carrying Bawbee Bridge which crosses both the railway and the Leven. -RS]
(Permalink) Bawbee Bridge Levenmouth Methil East Junction River Leven Methil East Junction: The 'Black Cat' Railtour of 16 May 1992 calls at what will, in 2024, be the new Leven(mouth) station. Unit is Derby Heavyweight 107045.
 Methil East Junction: 37694 leaves Methil Power Station with empty coal wagons on 16th September 1992. The former docks line curves away to the right.
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A series of funding bids seeking to secure more than £20 million to develop travel links to and from two new railway stations in Levenmouth are very much on track.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth 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 ... Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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Levenmouth Rail Campaign (LMRC) was launched by a local small regeneration charity, CLEAR Buckhaven in March 2014 (after an earlier, failed attempt in 2012) which considered this as the single most effective regeneration measure for this deprived and declining coastal mining community of over 30,000 on the mid-Fife Coast.
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New photos have been released showing the progress of a £70 million new Levenmouth Rail Link. [See also Network Rail news item below. -RS]
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The Levenmouth rail link project has now completed work to remove the old disused track and redundant infrastructure from the former branch line.
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A £10 million fund announced as part of the Levenmouth rail link deal is finally up and running. Community groups and businesses can apply for a share of
(Permalink) Community Fund Levenmouth  Kirkland Yard: The contractors' base at Kirkland Yard is becoming established and was very busy on 5th August 2021. What appeared to be some sort of 8WD logging machine arrived off the Levenmouth branch trackbed wit ... |
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The Levenmouth rail link project has taken another huge step forward with the start of work to remove the old disused track and redundant infrastructure from the former branch line.
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The old Leven to Thornton railway line is being ripped out to make way for the new £70 million Levenmouth rail link.
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Electric vehicles may be all the rage, but for many Scots theres no need to buy one as there are plenty already available and ready to use.
(Permalink) Battery train Levenmouth  Craigentinny Depot: 21st Century depot shunter. The Craigentinny Wheel Lathe battery tug is seen, between duties, from a passing train on 19 March 2019. For a closer shot of the vehicle see image [72969]. Updated caption ...  Bo^ness: Battery powered Vivarail D-train 230002 moves out of the yard at Boness on 9th October 2018. The unit took a power charge before public demonstrations the following day.
 Aberdeen: The BMU departing Aberdeen on the first day of public service (21st April 1958). The battery compartments are clearly visible under both vehicles. Note also the destination boards and brackets visible ... |
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Levenmouth rail campaigners have praised Tuesday's rail announcement as a 'step forward'.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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Double tracking and electrification to be progressed and station locations confirmed.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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The return of rail services to Levenmouth has moved a step closer with confirmation by Transport Minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth  Kirkland Yard: View west along the north bank of the River Leven from the Iron Brig in the summer of 2007. Behind the camera are Methil docks, while on the other side of the plate girder bridge lay Kirkland Yard, w ...  Kirkland Loop: Looking east from the Iron Brig towards Methil East Junction, with track cleared of vegetation in March 2021. Methil Power Station, which once dominated the horizon, has been demolished. |
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The return of rail services to Levenmouth moved a step closer today with confirmation by Transport Minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.
Mr Dey was speaking during a visit to Leven where he also announced the options being taken forward for the locations for Leven and Cameron Bridge Stations. The Leven Station is to be located behind the Leisure Centre and Cameron Bridge Station will be to the east of the A915. The options were confirmed following detailed development work as well as stakeholder consultation for the new rail link. (Permalink) A915 Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth |
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Network Rail has taken delivery of sixteen thousand sleepers that will form part of the new Levenmouth Rail link.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Thornton Yard  Thornton Yard: Delivery of sleepers to Thornton yard. Network Rail has taken delivery of sixteen thousand sleepers that will form part of the new Levenmouth Rail link.
The sleepers have been delivered to and are ...  Thornton Yard: Network Rail has taken delivery of sixteen thousand sleepers that will form part of the new Levenmouth Rail link.
The sleepers have been delivered to and are being stored in Thornton Yard, to the w ... |
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Network Rail has worked with staff at the Forth Rivers Trust to put up bat boxes along the route of the Levenmouth Rail link.
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The pandemic may have stacked the odds against rail travel but plans to revive local stations are still gathering steam.
(Permalink) Kincardine Leven [1st] Leven [2nd] Levenmouth Longannet Newburgh [1st] Newburgh [2nd] St Andrews Talgo  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.
 St Andrews [2nd]: J37 No 64569 meets a photographic scrum at the south end of St Andrews station during the 1965 RCTS Fife Coast railtour. The J37 had taken over from No 256 Glen Douglas at Leuchars Junct ... |
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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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Levenmouth rail link campaigners have urged people to have their say on locations for two new railway stations.
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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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Detailed plans for the Levenmouth rail link have been revealed on a new website.
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A delayed consultation on plans for the Levenmouth rail link will finally begin next week.
(Permalink) Levenmouth New station 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 will shortly begin the first phase of work which will lead to the reinstatement of passenger services to Leven.
(Permalink) Levenmouth reopening  Kirkland Yard: An aerial view over the east end of Kirkland Yard (with the Fife Heritage Railway preservation site) looking to Leven, Innerleven and the mouth of the River Leven.  East Fife Central Junction: A view of the Methil branch at Kirkland Yard in July 2020. This section of track was cleared of vegetation earlier in the year in preparation for the reopening project.
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A new group set up to help decide how £10 million is spent to improve Levenmouth has met for the first time. The Levenmouth Reconnected Task Group, chaired by SNP councillor Ken Caldwell, will play a key role in how the funding is distributed across the area. The £10m was announced by Transport Minister Michael Matheson last year when he confirmed the go-ahead for the Levenmouth rail link.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Methil Re-opening  Methil East Junction: As part of an investigation into reopening the Levenmouth branch to passenger traffic, BR and Fife Regional Council officials travelled down the line in saloon DM45020, hauled by 37240 on 14th October ...  Kirkland Loop: After WW1 Methil Docks became Scotlands chief coal port, exporting over 3m tons in 1923. The former lines to the docks are shown on 26 July 2007 looking east towards the now defunct Methil power stati ... |
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Levenmouth residents will get a say in how a multi-million pound rail fund is spent.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Methil New station Methil East Junction: As part of an investigation into reopening the Levenmouth branch to passenger traffic, BR and Fife Regional Council officials travelled down the line in saloon DM45020, hauled by 37240 on 14th October ... Kirkland Loop: After WW1 Methil Docks became Scotlands chief coal port, exporting over 3m tons in 1923. The former lines to the docks are shown on 26 July 2007 looking east towards the now defunct Methil power stati ... |
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Commitment to decarbonise passenger rail services by 2035. Plans to decarbonise Scotland's rail passenger services by 2035 have been launched by Transport Secretary Michael Matheson today.
Railscot note - PDF page 8 shows electrification of lines by 2035: - Glasgow - Aberdeen - Inverurie - All lines in Fife including Levenmouth - Highland Main Line - Borders line - Glasgow - Barrhead - Dumfries - Carlisle - East Kilbride - Kilmarnock - Ayr - Anniesland - Maryhill Partial electrification or alternative technology: - Ayr- Girvan - Inverurie - Inverness - Tain Battery or alternative technology: - West Highland Lines - Far North Line - Kyle Line - Girvan - Stranraer (Permalink) Aberdeen Barrhead Battery train Borders line Dumfries East Kilbride Electrification Far North Line Fife Girvan Highland Main Line Inverurie Kilmarnock Kyle Line Levenmouth Maryhill Stranraer Tain West Highland Lines  Scotland: Transport Scotland - Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan for 2035. Lines shown in red are to be electrified. Those in yellow to be alternative traction, possibly prior to electrification. Those ... |
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The recent Scottish Government go-ahead for detailed design work on a reinstated passenger train service to Levenmouth was welcome news for a neglected corner of Scotland.
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The reopened Levenmouth link will eventually connect Leven to the Fife Circle.
A disused rail line in Fife is to be reopened after being closed for decades. Detailed designs are to be drawn up for the Levenmouth link, which will connect Leven to the Fife Circle. It is estimated the project, which also includes improved bus services, cycle and walking facilities, will cost about £70m. Transport Secretary Michael Matheson said he hoped the line would be operational within five years. The line will also feature stops at Leven and Cameron Bridge. (Permalink) Levenmouth  Cameron Bridge [1st]: View over the former station at Cameron Bridge. Edging on the island platform can be seen in the centre of the frame; the through line to Methil is to the right with the run-round and sidings to the ...  Cameron Bridge [1st]: A pair of class 20s with a consignment of Distiller's CO2 standing at Cameron Bridge in July 1991.  Cameron Bridge [1st]: J35 0-6-0 64478 at Cameron Bridge in the early 1960s. The locomotive was eventually withdrawn from Carlisle Canal shed in August 1962 and cut up at Inverurie Works 4 months later. Platform view west t ... |
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The bid to reopen the Levenmouth rail link has a serious chance of success, Transport Scotland has confirmed.
In a positive endorsement for the long-running campaign, Bill Reeve, director of rail with the Scottish Governments transport agency, said the project deserves proper scrutiny. Speaking at a conference in Methil rounding up the progress so far, Mr Reeve revealed a previous appraisal had over-estimated the costs of reinstating the mothballed line between Leven and Thornton while under-estimating the benefits. It is now thought reopening the five mile stretch of track will cost between £37 million and £56 million around half the amount previously quoted and less than half the cost per mile of the successful Borders railway. (Permalink) Levenmouth  Thornton Junction: The 07.10 Leeds-Aberdeen NXEC service passes Thornton Junction on 24 August with power car 43206 on the rear. On the right is the junction for the Methil branch. Local news reports suggest Network Rai ...  Methil East Junction: Four track bridge over River Leven which carried track to the power station and the Wemyss Coal Lines. The buildings were sadly demolished in 2011.  Cameron Bridge [1st]: View west over the station site at Cameron Bridge towards the recently upgraded and extended Diageo distillery complex on 22 August 2008. The former Leven Railway route to Thornton Junction runs off t ... |
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A new report published today [8 Dec] by local rail campaigns and Green MSP Mark Ruskell has called for Fife Council and the Scottish Government to back an ambitious rail reopening strategy for Fife.
The ground-breaking report entitled Breaking The Circle has been jointly produced by the Levenmouth Rail Campaign, the Newburgh Train Station Campaign, the St Andrews Rail Link Campaign (StARlink), Alloa Community Council, David Prescott of Allan Rail Solutions and Mr Ruskell, and represents a united front towards a Fife-wide rail enhancement strategy. (Permalink) Alloa Dunfermline Levenmouth Newburgh St Andrews |
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The Levenmouth rail line in Fife has taken a significant step towards becoming the next in Scotland to be re-opened after ministers agreed to re-examine the case for the route. Transport minister Humza Yousaf has told MSPs the business case for the restoring the link should consider its wider benefits.
(Permalink) Levenmouth Thornton Junction: The 07.10 Leeds-Aberdeen NXEC service passes Thornton Junction on 24 August with power car 43206 on the rear. On the right is the junction for the Methil branch. Local news reports suggest Network Rai ... Methil East Junction: Four track bridge over River Leven which carried track to the power station and the Wemyss Coal Lines. The buildings were sadly demolished in 2011. Cameron Bridge [1st]: View west over the station site at Cameron Bridge towards the recently upgraded and extended Diageo distillery complex on 22 August 2008. The former Leven Railway route to Thornton Junction runs off t ... |
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The Borders Railway connects around 20,000 people in Galashiels and another 20,000 in Midlothian to Edinburgh. It's had a strong start, carrying over a million passengers in its first year ... The Border's success begs the question of whether there are any other suitable contenders for re-opening. In Scotland, the largest settlement without access to a railway is Levenmouth in Fife. This comprises of the towns of Leven, Methil, Kennoway and Windygates which have a total population of 37,000. It is the largest urban area in Scotland without a train service.
(Permalink) Borders Railway Levenmouth  Cameron Bridge: Network Rail has installed the footbridge at Cameron Bridge station as part of the new £116m Levenmouth Rail Link development.
Eleven sections making up the main framework of the steel bridge ...  Cameron Bridge: A section of the core path P368/02 at Dunniface near Cameron Bridge will close to the public from Monday November 20 until the end of May 2024. Closure of part of the Water Balk Path, which carries wa ...  Cameron Bridge: Network Rail has secured planning permission for the construction of the new Cameron Bridge station as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project.
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Trains will run on the Borders railway for the first time in more than 40 years when the Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank service resumes on Sunday.
The reopening has given hope to other rail campaigners across Scotland, including those who want to see the lines to Levenmouth and St Andrews reopened. BBC Scotland transport correspondent David Miller has been to Fife to find out more about the campaign. (Permalink) Borders Railway Levenmouth St Andrews  Leuchars: Formerly Leuchars Junction, the current Leuchars Station is seen looking north on 19 May 2005. The infilled bay was used by trains serving St Andrews and the Fife coast route. The St Andrews branch fi ...  St Andrews [2nd]: View east towards the site of St Andrews station (1887-1969) in the spring of 2011. Station road on the left now leads up to the recently rebuilt bus station, with Hope Park Church spire standing in t ... St Andrews [2nd]: J37 No 64569 meets a photographic scrum at the south end of St Andrews station during the 1965 RCTS Fife Coast railtour. The J37 had taken over from No 256 Glen Douglas at Leuchars Junct ... |
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Over the past 30 years, Scotland has been the trailblazer for re-opening railways in response to growing gridlock on the British road network. Scores of new stations have been created on the existing network north of the Border, and new lines now link communities which lost their services in the 1950s and 1960s - Edinburgh to Bathgate, Hamilton to Larkhall, Stirling to Alloa, Bathgate to Airdrie and several suburban routes in Glasgow.
(Permalink) Airdrie-Bathgate Alloa Bathgate Larkhall Levenmouth New station Re-opening  Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west over Cameron Bridge towards Thornton Junction on 3 September 2010. No obvious change here - other than the usual impression that the Diageo complex seems to have grown larger since the la ...  Earlseat Loading Pad: The first train out of Earlseat Loading Point on the Methil branch ran on 22 August 2012. There are now two trains a week, on Tuesday and Thursday, to Hunterston. 66140 leaves the site on 11 September ...  Methil: Methil station. NB 4.4.2T 67452 on branch train. |
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If patience is a virtue then a group of railway aficionados based in Leven take the attribute to a whole new level.
Nearly 50 years after the founding members of what is now the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society first volunteered to help a local train lover with a locomotive, they are finally about to start work on restoring their own steam engine. (Permalink) Levenmouth  Frances Colliery: Activity in the yard at Frances Colliery, Dysart, in 1973. View back towards the screens showing NCB 'pug' no 29 (Barclay 0-4-0ST 1142/1908) at work shunting empty wagons.  Lochty: 60009 'Union of South Africa' in steam on the Lochty Private Railway in September 1969.  Kirkland Yard: The compound of the Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society at Kirkland Yard, Methil. View looks east. The out of use line to Methil power station (and formerly the docks) is out of shot to the r ... |
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The Open golf championship at St Andrews brought an estimated £40m of added value to the Fife economy last year, and a further £60m to Scotland.
So, what does it have in common with the freight transport of 28 million cases of whisky, a few miles further south in Leven? (Permalink) Levenmouth St Andrews |
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The Thornton to Levenmouth rail spur could deliver massive economic and environmental benefits for the whole of Scotland
(Permalink) Levenmouth  Methil East Junction: [[Methil Power Station]], commissioned in 1965 to run on coal slurry from the Fife washeries and coal-bing waste. Decommissioned in 2000 the structure is seen here in July 2007 awaiting demolition. Th ...  Thornton Shed [2nd]: Evening at Thornton in June 1967, looking west, a few months after the end of steam. On the left is part of Thornton Junction shed, closed the previous April. In the centre is Thornton Weighs box, one ... Cameron Bridge [1st]: View west over the station site at Cameron Bridge towards the recently upgraded and extended Diageo distillery complex on 22 August 2008. The former Leven Railway route to Thornton Junction runs off t ... |
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Whisky distiller Diageo is pursuing talks with Network Rail and local politicians in Fife concerning the possible reopening of four miles of railway on the former line between Leven and Thornton. The branch, just north of the Fife Circle, could also be used to join Levenmouth to the passenger rail network, a project which local authorities are pursuing with Transport Scotland.
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A report says there is an economic case for reintroducing Levenmouth train services.
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Fife Council's leader says politically bickering is threatening the proposed Levenmouth rail link.
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Campaigners say community support is growing for a line to Leven in Fife to be reopened.
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Fife Council have given permission to Hall Construction for continued use of road transport to move coal from an opencast development at Earlseat Farm until September because a rail loading point on the Thornton Jn-Leven branch may not now be available until that date.
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