Leuchars railway station

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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 departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	349,687
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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]

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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.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirkcaldy		NXEC East Coast Main Line		Dundee
Cupar		CrossCountry Cross-Country Route		Dundee
Cupar		First ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Dundee
Kirkcaldy		First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Dundee