Lochgelly railway station

Lochgelly

Scottish Gaelic: Loch Geallaidh[1]
General information
LocationLochgelly, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56°08′06″N 3°18′49″W / 56.1349°N 3.3135°W / 56.1349; -3.3135
Grid referenceNT185943
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLCG
Passengers
2020/21 6,014
2021/22 36,380
2022/23 41,176
2023/24 51,462
2024/25 57,418
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lochgelly railway station is a railway station in Lochgelly, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 25 miles (40 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley.

Lochgelly station is on the end of the town towards Ballingry.

The station can be accessed via a ramp from the small car park up to the Edinburgh platform. To access the north bound platform, passengers must cross the road from the car park and climb a flight of stairs.

This station is unstaffed and has no ticket vending facilities. Passengers boarding here must buy their tickets from staff on the train.

There is a public phone in the waiting shelter on the Kirkcaldy platform. There are regular bus services to the town centre.

Services

There is generally an hourly service in each direction along the Fife Circle Line westbound towards Dunfermline City or eastbound towards Leven. Trains were extended beyond Glenrothes with Thornton to Cameron Bridge and Leven with the introduction of the spring 2025 timetable. Some weekday peak trains start or finish at Glenrothes, whilst there is one evening train to Perth (and two from there in the early morning).

On Sundays, there is also an hourly service in each direction (eastbound to Glenrothes with Thornton), plus the one evening service to Perth.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Cowdenbeath   ScotRail
Fife Circle Line
   Cardenden

References

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ GB eNRT May 2025 Edition, Table 215


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