Cardenden railway station

Cardenden
265px Cardenden railway station in 1988
Location
Place	Cardenden
Local authority	Fife
Coordinates
Grid reference	NT217949
Operations
Station code	CDD
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	43,608
2005/06	47,996
2006/07	48,675
2007/08	49,635
2008/09	56,484
2009/10	56,968
2010/11	56,820
2011/12	61,770
2012/13	60,778
2013/14	62,340
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cardenden from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Cardenden railway station is a railway station in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 27 miles (43 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley.

The station is situated on Station Road, between the Bowhill and Dundonald areas. It can be accessed from the street by ramps or stairs. A footbridge connects the platforms.

The station is unmanned and there are no ticket vending facilities. Passengers boarding here must buy their tickets from staff on the train.

There is a small car park. The nearest public phone is at Bowhill Club, a short walk from the station. There are bus stops on Station Road.

The station has recently been upgraded with new platforms and a signage system giving accurate train times.

A CCTV system covers the station and is operated by ScotRail.

Cardenden was the terminus for train services until the line to Thornton re-opened in May 1989 allowing the "Fife Circle Line" to operate.

Services

There is generally an hourly service in each direction along the Fife Circle Line westbound towards Dunfermline Town or eastbound towards Kirkcaldy.

Services in both directions begin and end in Edinburgh either at Haymarket or Waverley. The journey to Edinburgh is quicker via Dunfermline (56 minutes vs 1h26) than via Kirkcaldy and the stations on the Fife coast.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

External links

• Train times and station information for Cardenden railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lochgelly		Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line		Glenrothes with Thornton