Ladybank railway station

Ladybank National Rail
Location
Place Ladybank
Local authority Fife
Coordinates 56°16′26″N 3°07′17″W / 56.2739°N 3.1215°W / 56.2739; -3.1215Coordinates: 56°16′26″N 3°07′17″W / 56.2739°N 3.1215°W / 56.2739; -3.1215
Grid reference NO306096
Operations
Station code LDY
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 63,810
2012/13 Increase 64,238
2013/14 Increase 66,234
2014/15 Increase 71,244
2015/16 Increase 82,702
History
Original company Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
17 September 1847 Station opened[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ladybank from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Ladybank station approach

Ladybank railway station serves the town of Ladybank in Fife, Scotland.

History

The station was opened in 1847 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway on their line from Burntisland, being the point at which the line divided into two branches to Cupar and Lindores.[1] The latter branch was subsequently extended to Hilton Junction, near Perth the following year.[2] On 6 June 1857, the Fife and Kinross Railway opened, providing a link to Kinross. This line was closed to passengers on 6 June 1950,[3] with the line between Auchtermuchty and Ladybank closing to freight on 29 January 1957.[3]

Passenger trains were also withdrawn on the Perth branch (as far as Bridge of Earn) on 19 September 1955 by the British Transport Commission, the route having been reduced to single track (with a loop at Newburgh) by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1933. The line was retained for freight traffic and was subsequently reopened to passengers in 1975 to provide a shorter route between Perth & Edinburgh than that via Stirling (the direct route from Cowdenbeath via Kinross having been closed in 1970 to free up part of the alignment for the planned M90 motorway).

Facilities

The station has a ticket office on platform 2, but this is only manned on a limited basis (mornings only, Mondays to Saturdays). At other times tickets must be purchased on board the train. The main building on platform 1 is now used as an art studio. Standard shelters are available on both platforms, along with a waiting room on platform 1. Train running information is provided via CIS displays, automatic announcements and customer help points. The station subway has steps and is not therefore accessible to wheelchair or mobility-impaired users, but there are step-free access routes to each side via public roads.[4] All trains on the route to and from Perth use platform 1 in both directions, so this should be taken into account if changing trains here.

Services

In the current (summer 2017) timetable, the station is served by two trains per hour to/from Edinburgh - one of these is the hourly semi-fast service to Dundee and the other runs to Perth. The single track nature of this line limits the frequency of services possible to and from Perth, though track upgrades & replacement work has improved matters somewhat by reducing the end-to-end journey time between here and Hilton Junction. A few Perth trains continue north along the Highland Main Line to Inverness. On Sundays, most trains run between Edinburgh & Perth, though a few Aberdeen services call in the morning & evening.[5]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Markinch   Abellio ScotRail
Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		   Springfield
    Perth
Markinch   CrossCountry
Cross Country Network		   Cupar
Historical railways
Kingskettle
Line open; station closed		   North British Railway
Edinburgh and Northern Railway
   Springfield
Line and station open
    Collessie
Line open; station closed
Auchtermuchty
Line and station closed		   North British Railway
Fife and Kinross Railway
   Terminus

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995), page 137
  2. ↑ Railscot - Edinburgh and Northern Railway
  3. 1 2 Railscot - Fife and Kinross Railway
  4. ↑ Ladybank station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  5. ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2017 Edition, Table 229 (Network Rail)

Sources

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