Burntisland railway station

Burntisland National Rail
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 Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  0.144 million
2005/06 Increase 0.148 million
2006/07 Increase 0.161 million
2007/08 Increase 0.174 million
2008/09 Increase 0.196 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.193 million
2010/11 Decrease 0.192 million
2011/12 Increase 0.201 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.194 million
2013/14 Increase 0.206 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Burntisland from Office of Rail and Road 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 Abellio ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line.

Accidents and incidents

On 14 April 1914, an express passenger train hauled by NBR H class locomotive 872 Auld Reekie was in collision with a freight train that was being shunted. The cause of the accident was an error by the signalman.[1] Two people were killed.

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

References

  1. Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 30. ISBN 0 906899 07 9.
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