Aberdour railway station
Aberdour | |
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Aberdour station | |
Location | |
Place | Aberdour |
Local authority | Fife |
Coordinates | 56°03′18″N 3°18′02″W / 56.0549°N 3.3005°WCoordinates: 56°03′18″N 3°18′02″W / 56.0549°N 3.3005°W |
Grid reference | NT190854 |
Operations | |
Station code | AUR |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2010/11 | 0.130 million |
2011/12 | 0.126 million |
2012/13 | 0.124 million |
2013/14 | 0.127 million |
2014/15 | 0.129 million |
History | |
2 June 1890 | Station opens |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aberdour from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Aberdour railway station is a railway station in the village of Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line.
Services
Aberdour is served by two trains per hour (weekday daytimes) which serve all stations between Edinburgh Waverley and Kirkcaldy. One an hour continues on to terminate at Markinch, while the other runs to Glenrothes with Thornton and continues around the Fife Circle Line returning to Edinburgh via Dunfermline.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Dalgety Bay | Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
Burntisland |
History
Opened by the North British Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced by British Rail, the station was served by the ScotRail sector until the Privatisation of British Railways. The station has won numerous awards for its gardens.
The station was the location of a camping coach.
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