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Community centres and a new railway line are also on the cards in the coming 12 months.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Levenmouth Line  Cameron Bridge: A road-railer and trailer pass through Cameron Bridge on 20th December 2023. This view looking east with more activity in the new station beyond the bridge.
 Leven: Looking east from the Fife Heritage Railway compound, to the inner crossover on the new Leven Railway, with the terminus in the distance 29 December 2023.
 Leven: Looking west from the Bawbee Bridge, over the new Leven platform, on 20 December 2023.
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A section of the core path P368/02 at Dunniface near Cameron Bridge will close to the public from Monday November 20 until the end of May 2024.
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ScotRail are holding a public consultation on a proposed new timetable for services between Edinburgh, Fife, and the Tay Cities, including services to the new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven.
As the Levenmouth Rail Link reopens, ScotRail are taking the opportunity to propose changes to the timetable that will benefit people across Fife, based on feedback received from customers and stakeholders. (Permalink) Cameron Bridge Dundee Edinburgh Fife Leven Levenmouth Line Perth ScotRail Timetable |
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Network Rail has installed the footbridge at Cameron Bridge station as part of the new £116m Levenmouth Rail Link development.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Footbridge  Cameron Bridge: Network Rail has installed the footbridge at Cameron Bridge station as part of the new £116m Levenmouth Rail Link development.
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Businesses across Levenmouth are being encouraged to ensure they are ready for the return of a rail link for the first time in 50 years.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Levenmouth Levenmouth Line  Leven: A crossover was being installed on 30 August 2023, just short of Leven station.  Leven: Job done. Track has been laid to the platform ends at Leven with a continuous line of rails from Thornton North Junction. A crossover remains to be inserted. 19 August 2023
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As part of our vision to support thriving, connected, and resilient communities and destinations that are great places to live, work, and visit, we are holding a public consultation on a proposed new timetable for services between Edinburgh, Fife, and the Tay Cities. This includes services to the new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven. The consultation opens on Monday, 11 September 2023, and will be available until Monday, 23 October 2023.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Edinburgh Fife Leven Tay Timetable Leven: A crossover was being installed on 30 August 2023, just short of Leven station. Leven: Job done. Track has been laid to the platform ends at Leven with a continuous line of rails from Thornton North Junction. A crossover remains to be inserted. 19 August 2023
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A new survey has been launched on bus services across Levenmouth ahead of the re-opening of the Leven rail link.
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Network Rail has secured planning permission for the construction of the new Cameron Bridge station as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge  Cameron Bridge: Network Rail has secured planning permission for the construction of the new Cameron Bridge station as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project.
Located southeast of Windygates just off the A915, C ...  Cameron Bridge: The new station at Cameron Bridge continues to take shape, as seen on 14 April 2023.
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The new Cameron Bridge station is beginning to take shape after two months of intensive work on the site.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge  Cameron Bridge: View west over the under construction Cameron Bridge station and car park.  Cameron Bridge: Looking east over Cameron Bridge (2nd) on 10 March 2023 with platforms under construction.
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Track work on the Levenmouth Rail Link has passed the half-way point.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Double track Levenmouth Line Tracklaying  Double Dykes Level Crossing: March 2023 view of a double track section on the new Levenmouth line. Cameron Bridge: Looking east over Cameron Bridge (2nd) on 10 March 2023 with platforms under construction.
 Leven: Looking up river from the Bawbee Bridge with the new Leven platforms under construction. 10 March. Image 85327 suggests these are the walls of an island platform.
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 Cameron Bridge: Network Rail has started work to build the new Cameron Bridge station.  Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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Major plans to restore a rail link to Leven have taken another key step forward. A planning application has now been formally lodged to build a new station and car park on land next to Leven Swimming Pool. The £116m project will have a station behind the leisure centre, plus a Cameron Bridge halt [station] to the east of the A915.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Car park Levenmouth  Methil East Junction: The new station site at Levenmouth on the 10th of April. The leisure centre is to the left. The area of grass will be a car park and the platforms will pass below the Bawbee Bridge from which the phot ... |
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Network Rail has today submitted the planning applications for the development of new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Levenmouth Line  Cameron Bridge: Levenmouth Line; a perspective view of the proposed station at Cameron Bridge.  Leven: Leven perspective view. [An aerial view of the proposed station - to be named Leven or Levenmouth? - with lozenge shaped shelter. -RS] |
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Removing the platform at a former halt has cleared the way for double tracking at Cameron Bridge on the Levenmouth project, a new line for communities in the east of Scotland. Critically, the demolition of the redundant passenger station opens up the prospect of reconnecting freight to adjacent industrial installations.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Diageo Levenmouth Railfreight  Cameron Bridge: A view of the spoil from the demolition of the older Cameron Bridge station's platform.  Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west over the site of Cameron Bridge station and yard on 14 September 2022, with the freight sidings lifted and the way cleared for laying the new double track line to Levenmouth. |
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Some local residents are counting the days until they can board a train in Leven[mouth] but Network Rail hasn't won everyone over with its plans.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Network Rail Methil East Junction: The new station site at Levenmouth on the 10th of April. The leisure centre is to the left. The area of grass will be a car park and the platforms will pass below the Bawbee Bridge from which the phot ... |
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Network Rail will tonight (3 October) unveil plans for the station developments that will be delivered as part of the £116.6M Levenmouth Rail link project.
Network Rail will unveil the final plans for the new stations at two drop-in events to be held near to the proposed station sites and local people are invited to come along and see the plans - ahead of them being submitted as planning applications to Fife Council. (Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Levenmouth Line  Cameron Bridge: Looking east from the A915 bridge towards the compound, and site of the new Cameron Bridge station, on 31 August 2022. See image [[78918]] from November 2021.
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Work to demolish the old station platforms at Cameron Bridge is now complete.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Double track Levenmouth Line Cameron Bridge: A view of the spoil from the demolition of the older Cameron Bridge station's platform. |
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Local people in Leven and Cameron Bridge will get the first chance to see the plans for the station developments that will be delivered as part of the Levenmouth Rail link project.
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Though Reversing Beeching is a popular aspiration, the question of whether a line should have been closed is quite different from whether it should now be reopened. Providing new rail infrastructure is an expensive business and can only be justified if it offers significant benefits. With some justification, the Levenmouth Rail Campaign (LMRC) has for some time argued that there is a strong case to re-open the six-mile branch line to Leven. This was originally part of the line around the coast of Fife's East Neuk to St Andrews. Following the Beeching Report, this was closed in 1965 although its Leven branch remained open. Nevertheless, British Rail closed the branch to passenger traffic in 1969. It then remained open to freight traffic which ceased about 20 years ago.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Leven Railway Levenmouth Line Methil  Cameron Bridge: Increased work volume means more vehicle movements on the project to construct the new Levenmouth rail link. A Moxy crosses a bridge fitted with bog mats and timber.  Leven: The new Levenmouth station site (behind Sainsbury's) seen from the overbridge on 2nd May 2022.
 Cameron Bridge: Looking from the A915 towards Levenmouth, along the cleared track, on 1st December 2020. The buffer stop is the extremity of Cameron Bridge yard, formerly on the double track to Leven. This site is ... |
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Campaigners fear Levenmouth could lose out on plans for a freight terminal for the new railway line.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Diageo Levenmouth Levenmouth Rail Campaign Group Methil Docks Railfreight  Cameron Bridge [1st]: 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. The train pau ...  Methil East Junction: Looking south west from the footbridge over the lines near Methil East Junction in February 1970, with a train leaving the docks to run to Kirkland yard. Note coal hoist 8A on dock number 3 in the rig ... |
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Network Rail has been accused of failing to engage with the community over plans for the Levenmouth rail link. [Article may require subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Leven Railway Levenmouth Levenmouth Line Network Rail  Leven: View of the future site of Leven station centred on the Bawbee Bridge. The site of the former Methil Power Station is at the top of the view. Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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As work continues to deliver the £116m Levenmouth Rail Link, Peter Grant, Member of Parliament (MP) for Glenrothes and Central Fife visited site to see first-hand progress that has been made on the project.
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A senior project manager on the £116 million Levenmouth rail project has told of the teams pleasant surprise at the condition of 19th century bridges on the route, which are currently being worked on with the help of fully encapsulated scaffolding.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Cameron Bridge [1st]: Aerial view east over 'tented' bridge with Cameronbridge Distillery in background. Image provided to Network Rail by contractor Story. |
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North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain has written to Network Rail to seek clarity on its plans for consultations on the design of stations along the new rail link to Levenmouth.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Leven: View of the future site of Leven station centred on the Bawbee Bridge. The site of the former Methil Power Station is at the top of the view. Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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With the project to reinstate the Levenmouth Rail link now well underway, various elements of work are springing up across the route.
With the proximity of the river and various streams which flow into it, one early and important task is the need to thoroughly inspect the bridges on the route to ensure they are in good condition and structurally sound to carry the new railway. Each structure will be grit-blasted to remove the old paint from the bridge and take it back to the base metal. Corroded sections of the bridge will be replaced and repairs carried out where needed. New timber bridge decks will be installed to strengthen and support what will soon be a double-tracked railway running over them. (Permalink) Bridge repairs Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Levenmouth Line River Leven River Ore Underline bridges  Cameron Bridge [1st]: An encapsulated bridge over the Leven on the route of the Levenmouth line west of Cameron Bridge. With the proximity of the river and various streams which flow into it, one early and important task i ... Cameron Bridge [1st]: Aerial view east over 'tented' bridge with Cameronbridge Distillery in background. Image provided to Network Rail by contractor Story. |
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Enabling works have begun on the Levenmouth Rail Link project a programme of works to restore a rail connection to communities in the east of Fife, in Scotland, severed from the network for decades. The five-mile (8km) project will give around 30,000 people a direct connection to the rail network and provide the potential ...
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Thornton North Junction: Leven first rails - new track laid on the route to Levenmouth close to Thornton North Junction. Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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It was a milestone moment for the Levenmouth Rail Link when the first new rails were laid on the project which will reconnect the town to the mainline passenger network for the first time in more than half a century.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth Thornton North Junction Thornton North Junction: Leven first rails - new track laid on the route to Levenmouth close to Thornton North Junction.  Thornton North Junction: It was a milestone moment for the Levenmouth Rail Link when the first new rails were laid on the project which will reconnect the town to the mainline passenger network for the first time in more than ... |
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Trains will run to Leven again in two years time, Network Rail said today as it announced the start of construction work to re-open the mothballed Fife branch line.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Thornton North Junction: An aerial view of Thornton North Junction looking north with the under re-construction line to Leven curving off to the right. Thornton Junction station was out off shot at the bottom. Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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Levenmouth moves a step closer to the reintroduction of passenger services for the first time in more than fifty years, bringing with it exciting new journey opportunities and economic benefits for the area.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Earlseat Loading Pad: For the re-opening of the line to Leven a compound has been laid out at the site of the Earlseat Loading Pad. This aerial view looks to the north west.  Thornton North Junction: Sleepers laid out on the Levenmouth branch at Thornton North Junction, in preparation for new track being laid, on 21st February 2022.
Thornton North Junction: An aerial view of Thornton North Junction looking north with the under re-construction line to Leven curving off to the right. Thornton Junction station was out off shot at the bottom. |
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A series of funding bids seeking to secure more than £20 million to develop travel links to and from two new railway stations in Levenmouth are very much on track.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Kirkland Loop: A passenger train calls at the site for Levenmouth station on 23 August 1980. The 'Lothian & Fife Wanderer' deposits visitors (as was permitted in those days) onto the tracks just short of the locati ... Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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Levenmouth Rail Campaign (LMRC) was launched by a local small regeneration charity, CLEAR Buckhaven in March 2014 (after an earlier, failed attempt in 2012) which considered this as the single most effective regeneration measure for this deprived and declining coastal mining community of over 30,000 on the mid-Fife Coast.
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New photos have been released showing the progress of a £70 million new Levenmouth Rail Link. [See also Network Rail news item below. -RS]
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The Levenmouth rail link project has now completed work to remove the old disused track and redundant infrastructure from the former branch line.
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The old Leven to Thornton railway line is being ripped out to make way for the new £70 million Levenmouth rail link.
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Levenmouth rail campaigners have praised Tuesday's rail announcement as a 'step forward'.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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Double tracking and electrification to be progressed and station locations confirmed.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... |
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The return of rail services to Levenmouth has moved a step closer with confirmation by Transport Minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth  Kirkland Yard: View west along the north bank of the River Leven from the Iron Brig in the summer of 2007. Behind the camera are Methil docks, while on the other side of the plate girder bridge lay Kirkland Yard, w ...  Kirkland Loop: Looking east from the Iron Brig towards Methil East Junction, with track cleared of vegetation in March 2021. Methil Power Station, which once dominated the horizon, has been demolished. |
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The return of rail services to Levenmouth moved a step closer today with confirmation by Transport Minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.
Mr Dey was speaking during a visit to Leven where he also announced the options being taken forward for the locations for Leven and Cameron Bridge Stations. The Leven Station is to be located behind the Leisure Centre and Cameron Bridge Station will be to the east of the A915. The options were confirmed following detailed development work as well as stakeholder consultation for the new rail link. (Permalink) A915 Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth |
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