Levenmouth blueprint task force meets for the first time - The Courier [The Courier]





Date: 09/09/2020

A new group set up to help decide how £10 million is spent to improve Levenmouth has met for the first time. The Levenmouth Reconnected Task Group, chaired by SNP councillor Ken Caldwell, will play a key role in how the funding is distributed across the area. The £10m was announced by Transport Minister Michael Matheson last year when he confirmed the go-ahead for the Levenmouth rail link.


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A new group set up to help decide how £10 million is spent to improve Levenmouth has met for the first time.

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After WW1 Methil Docks became Scotlands chief coal port, exporting over 3m tons in 1923. The former lines to the docks are shown on 26 July 2007 looking east towards the now defunct Methil power station.
Location: Methil East Junction
Company: Leven Dock Railway
26/07/2007 John Furnevel
As part of an investigation into reopening the Levenmouth branch to passenger traffic, BR and Fife Regional Council officials travelled down the line in saloon DM45020, hauled by 37240 on 14th October 1991. The train calls at the site of the proposed (2019) terminus with Methil Power Station in the background. The line to the right leads to the docks.
Location: Methil East Junction
Company: Leven Dock Railway
14/10/1991 Bill Roberton


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