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Buses are set to replace Scotrail trains on part of the Fife Circle this weekend as engineering works take place.
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Scotrail has been instructed to review Fife Circle services following demand for 'much-needed improvements'. Annabelle Ewing, SNP MSP for the Cowdenbeath constituency, which includes Rosyth, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay, hopes that 'lessons are learned from current performance' during the next phase of the operator's 'Fit for the Future' scheme.
(Permalink) Aberdour Burntisland Cardenden Cowdenbeath Dalgety Bay Dunfermline City Dunfermline Queen Margaret Fife Circle Glenrothes with Thornton Inverkeithing Kinghorn Kirkcaldy Lochgelly Rosyth  Burntisland: The sharp curve at Burntisland is very noticeable in this view along the Up platform as a pair of 158s, working a clockwise Fife Circle service, call on 5th August 2021.  Inverkeithing: A class 170 for Edinburgh from the Dunfermline line calls at Inverkeithing on 19 May 2021. The HST seemed to be held up for an unnecessary amount of time to let it into the station, but I'm sure they ...  Dunfermline Queen Margaret: A frosty morning at Dunfermline, Queen Margaret on 20 January 2023 as the 1001 service to Edinburgh Waverley (0956 ex-Cowdenbeath) arrives at platform 1. |
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Nearly 700 rail services on the Fife Circle have been cancelled since the nationalisation of ScotRail, figures have revealed.
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The Scottish government has approved calls for tenders to finance and manufacture a fleet of bi-mode battery electric multiple-units to operate on the East Kilbride [currently being electrified -RS], Fife and Borders routes.
(Permalink) Battery train Bi-mode Borders Railway Fife Circle  Inverkeithing: Vivarail battery multiple unit 230001 crawls (thankfully) through Inverkeithing heading for an overnight stop in the Yard. 29 October.  Jamestown Viaduct [Inverkeithing]: The first emission-free fully-electric train to cross the iconic Forth Bridge is seen, at the Jamestown Viaduct with the Forth Bridge beyond, in this Network Rail and Vivarail aerial view as the Unite ...  Aberdeen: The BMU departing Aberdeen on the first day of public service (21st April 1958). The battery compartments are clearly visible under both vehicles. Note also the destination boards and brackets visible ... |
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The first phase of a rail decarbonisation scheme to electrify the Fife route has been approved to move to construction phase.
The scheme has been developed by Transport Scotland and Network Rail and will commence with electrification of the section between Haymarket and Dalmeny (south of the Forth Bridge). Construction work is expected to get underway on the estimated £55 million scheme in June 2022 and is due to be completed by December 2024. It forms part of a rolling programme that is expected to see electrification extended to Dundee and Aberdeen. (Permalink) Aberdeen Dalmeny Dundee Electrification Fife Circle Haymarket |
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Villagers in Aberdour have been warned about more disruption with pipe-laying in Silver Sands park and under the Fife Circle railway line.
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West Fife looks set to be on track for electric trains after the proposal was included in Transport Scotland's latest Strategic Projects Review.
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A Fife MSP has slammed ScotRail's proposed timetable alterations as a 'slap in the face' for passengers.
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The iconic steam train will be travelling across the Forth Bridge, through Fife and then back to Edinburgh between Thursday and Friday.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Fife Circle Flying Scotsman Forth  Aberdour: 4472 'Flying Scotsman' climbs away from Aberdour with a southbound charter believed to be 'The Fair Maid' on 1 October 1983. |
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A Fife MSP has secured an assurance long-awaited improvements to the Fife Circle Line wont get lost when Scotrail services are taken back into public ownership.
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Patrols on Fife Circle trains have been stepped up after a rise in anti-social behaviour in recent weeks.
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