Burntisland railway station

Burntisland
Location
Place	Burntisland
Local authority	Fife
Coordinates	56°03′26″N 3°14′01″W / 56.0573°N 3.2335°W / 56.0573; -3.2335Coordinates: 56°03′26″N 3°14′01″W / 56.0573°N 3.2335°W / 56.0573; -3.2335
Grid reference	NT232856
Operations
Station code	BTS
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.144 million
2005/06	0.148 million
2006/07	0.161 million
2007/08	0.174 million
2008/09	0.196 million
2009/10	0.193 million
2010/11	0.192 million
2011/12	0.201 million
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Burntisland from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Burntisland railway station is a railway station in the town of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line. The original neo - classical terminal station was opened by the Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee Railway on 17 September 1847. The architect is unknown but the stone capitals are of similar design to those on the façade of the long demolished Edinburgh Canal Street Station. The present station was opened by the North British Railway on 2 June 1890 upon completion of their link from the recently constructed Forth bridge ~ it is a typical North British economy brick and wood structure. The opening of the Forth Bridge signalled the demise of one of the world's first train-ferries. The Granton Harbour to Burntisland service is claimed to be the first ~ see the accompanying picture.

Monday to Saturday the station generally sees a service provision of two trains per hour direct to Edinburgh (most continuing on to Newcraighall) in the up direction. In the down direction one train per hour terminates at Glenrothes and one per hour completes the "circle" running via Cowdenbeath & Dunfermline to terminate at Edinburgh. There is one peak hour service to Glasgow Queen Street via the Dalmeny - Winchburgh line with a corresponding return from Glasgow in the evening. In the evening there are fewer trains but most continue beyond Kirkcaldy all stops to Dundee. The last two ScotRail departures from Aberdeen also stop at Burntisland on their way to Edinburgh.

On Sundays there is a reduced service with one Fife Circle service to/from Edinburgh every two hours in each direction and one Edinburgh to Dundee stopping service every two hours in each direction. This gives an hourly service, all stops to both Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy from Burntisland.

<Some information is from "Scotland's Stations: A Travellers' Guide" published by Northern Books from Famedram.>

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aberdour		First ScotRail Fife Circle Line		Kinghorn

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