Cupar Station

About Cupar Station

Cupar railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one (for trains to Edinburgh) is now wheelchair accessible. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail and CrossCountry. HistoryThe station was opened by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway in 1847 as the temporary northern terminus of the Tayport branch of their route along the Fife Coast. The line northwards to Tayport (for the ferry link to Dundee) was completed in 1850 and through running to Dundee over the first Tay Bridge began in 1878. Accidents and incidentsOn 23 October 1899, an express passenger train was in collision with a cattle train. One person was killed. On 4 July 1988 a cement train derailed demolishing the bridge which carries the B940 over the railway. ServicesWeekday timetable CrossCountry: CrossCountry operate three daily services out of Dundee, calling at Cupar. Two of these are through trains to via & Birmingham New Street, one of which continues to. The other is a late evening train that terminates at Edinburgh. They also operate two northbound services to, one of which continues through to. ScotRail: 1 tph to Edinburgh via, and.

Cupar Station Description

Cupar railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one (for trains to Edinburgh) is now wheelchair accessible. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail and CrossCountry. HistoryThe station was opened by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway in 1847 as the temporary northern terminus of the Tayport branch of their route along the Fife Coast. The line northwards to Tayport (for the ferry link to Dundee) was completed in 1850 and through running to Dundee over the first Tay Bridge began in 1878. Accidents and incidentsOn 23 October 1899, an express passenger train was in collision with a cattle train. One person was killed. On 4 July 1988 a cement train derailed demolishing the bridge which carries the B940 over the railway. ServicesWeekday timetable CrossCountry: CrossCountry operate three daily services out of Dundee, calling at Cupar. Two of these are through trains to via & Birmingham New Street, one of which continues to. The other is a late evening train that terminates at Edinburgh. They also operate two northbound services to, one of which continues through to. ScotRail: 1 tph to Edinburgh via, and.

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Cupar Station is located at Cupar, Fife