Leuchars railway station

Leuchars

National Rail
The station in 2014.
General information
LocationLeuchars, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56°22′30″N 2°53′37″W / 56.3751°N 2.8936°W / 56.3751; -2.8936
Grid referenceNO449206
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLEU
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.644 million
2019/20Decrease 0.595 million
2020/21Decrease 74,406
2021/22Increase 0.370 million
2022/23Increase 0.461 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Leuchars railway station (/ˈljxərs/ LEW-khərs, sometimes known as Leuchars (for St. Andrews)[2][3]) serves the towns of Leuchars and St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The station is the last northbound stop before Dundee.

The station was built as Leuchars Junction station for the route over the Tay Bridge to Dundee, the previous Leuchars station being on the line to Tayport.

There are buses and taxis available to transfer passengers to nearby St. Andrews, which does not have its own railway station; integrated tickets with the destination "St Andrews Bus" are sold.

The station is located near Leuchars Station, a British Army installation, formerly RAF Leuchars airbase.

Previous station operator First ScotRail announced plans during March 2008 to erect a wind turbine to meet the electricity requirements of the station, and hope to generate a small surplus of electricity which they can sell back to the National Grid. Leuchars will be the first station to be powered this way, and if the project, which was funded by Transport Scotland proves successful, it may be rolled out across other stations.[4]

  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. ^ {{https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/leuchars-for-st-andrews/
  3. ^ "Leuchars (for St. Andrews) Station | ScotRail".
  4. ^ "Turbine plan 'to power station'". BBC News Online. BBC. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.