Date: 01/06/2018

The campaign to reopen a rail link to St Andrews has taken a huge step forward this week with the publication of a report into the viability of restoring rail services. The report, by Playfair Consultancy Group, found that most businesses were in favour of restoring the rail link, and the campaign had strong support from students.

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Fife Today

The campaign to reopen a rail link to St Andrews has taken a huge step forward this week with the publication of a report into the viability of restoring rail services.

Related images

J37 No 64569 meets a photographic scrum at the south end of St Andrews station during the 1965 RCTS Fife Coast railtour. The J37 had taken over from No 256 Glen Douglas at Leuchars Junction and took the train round the Fife Coast line before handing back to no 256 at Thornton Junction.
Location: St Andrews [2nd]
Company: Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
28/08/1965 G W Robin

Surviving piers of the railway bridge that carried the line between Leuchars Junction and St Andrews over the River Eden. Seen here in May 2005 looking north west across the estuary back towards Leuchars.
Location: Guard Bridge Viaduct
Company: St Andrews Railway
19/05/2005 John Furnevel

Formerly Leuchars Junction, the current Leuchars Station is seen looking north on 19 May 2005. The infilled bay was used by trains serving St Andrews and the Fife coast route. The St Andrews branch finally closed in 1969.
Location: Leuchars
Company: Edinburgh and Northern Railway
19/05/2005 John Furnevel