RAILSCOT | Vegetation clearance heralds start of work to get Levenmouth reconnected [Network Rail]

Vegetation clearance heralds start of work to get Levenmouth reconnected [Network Rail]

Date: 15/09/2020

Network Rail will shortly begin the first phase of work which will lead to the reinstatement of passenger services to Leven.

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Vegetation clearance heralds start of work to get Levenmouth reconnected

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Network Rail will shortly begin the first phase of work which will lead to the reinstatement of passenger services to Leven.

Video: Work begins to return trains to east of Fife

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The first phase of a project to build two new modern accessible stations and a new railway track to enable the return of passenger trains in the east of Fife is set to begin in earnest. Network Rail engineers will be carrying out vegetation clearance and site survey and geological investigations to inform the development of the project which will lead to the reinstatement of passenger services ...

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A view of the Methil branch at Kirkland Yard in July 2020. This section of track was cleared of vegetation earlier in the year in preparation for the reopening project.
Location: East of Fife Central Junction
Company: Leven Railway
20/07/2020 Bill Roberton

An aerial view over the east end of Kirkland Yard (with the Fife Heritage Railway preservation site) looking to Leven, Innerleven and the mouth of the River Leven.
Location: Kirkland Yard
Company: Kirkland Yard and Leven Dock to Methil Line Widening (North British Railway)
/09/2020 Network Rail

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Vegetation clearance heralds start of work to get Levenmouth reconnected [Network Rail]

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