RAILSCOT | Inverkeithing

Station

Inverkeithing (1890-)

Station code: INK National Rail ScotRail
Where: Fife, Scotland
Opened on the Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway.
Open on the Fife Circle.
Open on the Edinburgh to Perth.
Open on the Edinburgh to Dundee.

This is a two platform station. The station still has a traditional North British Railway building on the southbound platform. The northbound platform has a modern station building with the ticket office and a car park.

It replaced Inverkeithing [1st] which was to the south (beyond Inverkeithing South Junction on the original line to North Queensferry [1st]. Opening was to coincide with the Forth Bridge Railway. When built, the new station was outside Inverkeithing on the northern fringes.

To the north of the station is Inverkeithing Central Junction, where the lines of the Fife Circle to Dunfermline and Burntisland divide, and to the south Inverkeithing South Junction, where the Rosyth Dockyard Branch leaves the route to the Forth Bridge.

The Halbeath Waggonway ran immediately to the east of the station on the east side of the Keithing Burn.

An assisting engine was kept at Inverkeithing to assist southbound trains on the climb up to the Forth Bridge.

/ /1500	Fordell Estate Starts coal workings, horses used to carry coal to Inverkeithing.
/12/2001	Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway Footbridge at Inverkeithing removed.

15/09/2023	ScotRail counts more people using trains from Inverkeithing [Dunfermline Press]
14/09/2023	Fife: Passengers 'packed like sardines' on Inverkeithing train [Dunfermline Press]
16/04/2023	Railway footbridges in Inverkeithing undergo assessment [Dunfermline Press]
03/02/2023	Fife Circle rail services to be reviewed by ScotRail [Dunfermline Press]
29/05/2022	Inverkeithing: CrossCountry trains stop services in Fife [Dunfermline Press]
05/05/2022	Fife railway workers save life [ScotRail]
02/03/2022	West Fife: Consultation considers possible rail link between St Andrews and Dunfermline or Inverkeithing [Dunfermline Press]
15/12/2021	Heavy goods vehicle full of potatoes crashes into railway bridge [STV]
30/10/2021	Fife MSP raises timetable proposal concerns with ScotRail boss Alex Hynes [Dunfermline Press]
04/10/2021	Scotrail bids to add wi-fi to waiting room at busy Fife station [Fife Today]

Nearby stations Inverkeithing [1st] Dalgety Bay Rosyth North Queensferry Donibristle Platform Rosyth Dockyard North Queensferry [1st] Port Edgar South Queensferry [1st] Dunfermline (Comely Park) Dunfermline City South Queensferry Halt New Halls Dunfermline Nethertown [2nd] Dunfermline Queen Margaret	Boreland Road Bridge Inverkeithing South Junction Inverkeithing Central Junction Inverkeithing Yard Inverkeithing Tunnel Inverkeithing East Junction Inverkeithing North Junction Caldwell^s Paper Mill Inverkeithing Brick and Tile Works Prestonhill Quarry Limpetness Loop Naval Base Junction Tourist/other Inverkeithing Harbour East Ness Admiralty Pier East Ness Pier
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.