Lochgelly railway station
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Lochgelly railway station is a railway station
in Lochgelly
, Scotland
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
and is on the Fife Circle Line
, 40 km (24.9 mi) north of .
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 platform, passengers must cross the road from the car park and climb a flight of stairs.
This station is unmanned 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 in both directions begin and end in Edinburgh, either at or Waverley
.
On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in Lochgelly
Lochgelly
Lochgelly is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the town has a population of 6,834.-History:From the 1830s...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
and is on the Fife Circle Line
Fife Circle Line
The Fife Circle is the local rail service north from Edinburgh. It links all the towns of south Fife and the coastal towns along the Firth of Forth before heading to Edinburgh.-Service:...
, 40 km (24.9 mi) north of .
Lochgelly station is on the end of the town towards Ballingry
Ballingry
Ballingry is a small town, in Fife, close to the border with Perth and Kinross, north of Lochgelly. It has an estimated population of 5,740 . The once separate villages of Ballingry, Lochore, Crosshill, and Glencraig are now somewhat joined together as the part of the Benarty area...
.
The station can be accessed via a ramp from the small car park up to the Edinburgh platform. To access the platform, passengers must cross the road from the car park and climb a flight of stairs.
This station is unmanned 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 or eastbound towards .Services in both directions begin and end in Edinburgh, either at or Waverley
Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Covering an area of over 25 acres in the centre of the city, it is the second-largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being...
.
On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction.