The Fife Circle is the local rail service north from Edinburgh. It links all the attractive towns of south Fife and the inner Firth of Forth facing them, all in all the heartland of Scotland around both its modern and mediaeval capitals and Forth Bridges (old Queensferry Passage). Waverley Station, from the Scott Monument. ... The station forecourt in the morning rush hour Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. ... South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh. ... Dalmeny railway station is a railway station serving Dalmeny in the city of Edinburgh. ... North Queensferry railway station is a railway station in the village of North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland. ... Inverkeithing railway station is a railway station in the town of Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland. ... Dalgety Bay railway station is a railway station in the town of Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland. ... Rosyth railway station is a railway station in the village of Rosyth, Fife, Scotland. ... Aberdour railway station is a railway station in the village of Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. ... Dunfermline Town railway station is a railway station in the town of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. ... Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station is a railway station in the town of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. ... Burntisland railway station is a railway station in the town of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. ... Cowdenbeath railway station is a railway station in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland. ... Lochgelly railway station is a railway station in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland. ... Kinghorn railway station is a railway station in the town of Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. ... Cardenden railway station is a railway station in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland. ... Glenrothes with Thornton railway station is a railway station serving Glenrothes and Thornton in Fife, Scotland. ... Kirkcaldy railway station is a railway station in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. ... Markinch railway station is a railway station in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, serving nearby Glenrothes. ... Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is Scotlands capital, and its second-largest city. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ... The Firth of Forth from Calton Hill The Forth Bridges cross the Firth Satellite photo of the Firth and the surrounding area The Firth of Forth (Abhainn Dhubh [Black River] in Scottish Gaelic) is the estuary or firth of Scotlands River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The term Forth Bridge is the correct term for the railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in Scotland. ... North Queensferry is a town in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth, between the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. ...

Service

The service includes the Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy stretch of the East Coast Main Line, which includes the world-famous Forth Bridge. On the Fife side, while this line hugs the coast, the circle is formed by a line from Inverkeithing that loops back round to Kirkcaldy by an inland route through the old Fife coalfield. Narrowly speaking, just this line could be called the Fife circle. Kirkcaldy (pron. ... The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ... For the nearby road bridge, see Forth Road Bridge. ... The Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing is a burgh in Fife, Scotland, located on the Firth of Forth. ...

There is a goods line connection from Dunfermline to Stirling via Longannet Power Station that rail campaigners would like to reopen to passengers, as is being planned only at the Stirling end. Coal trains that presently cross the Forth Bridge are planned for rerouting by that line so that the bridge's maximum signalling capacity for trains can be used to increase the local passenger service. Fife Circle is a priority for present investment in new rolling stock. Its morning peak services can be notoriously overcrowded. The Royal Burgh of Dunfermline (in Gaelic, Dùn Phàrlain), is a town and burgh in Fife, Scotland, that sits on high ground 3 miles from the shore of the Firth of Forth, northwest of Edinburgh. ... Broad St at the heart of Stirlings Old Town area called Top of the Town by locals on a rare snowy day Stirling Castle (Southwest aspect) The main courtyard inside Stirling Castle. ... Longannet Power Station is a large coal-fired power station on the upper Firth of Forth near the Scottish town of Kincardine. ...

The operator is now First ScotRail. This is part of First Group, the same company as runs the South Queensferry-Edinburgh bus service 43 that the Fife Circle train parallels from Dalmeny station. Yet they still operate as competing services taking no account of each other, with bus fares slightly higher than train and no ticket interchangeability. Also, a new disabled-friendly station entrance opened at Dalmeny in 2004 after a successful local press campaign by parents with prams, but it is in the opposite corner of the station to the ticket office and no allowance is being made, even after a further local campaign, for passengers to use the new entrance and buy tickets on trains. Visiting tourists might easily innocently miss being aware of the ticket office's presence, let alone whether it is open, which is only for parts of the morning. First ScotRail is the brand under which First Group PLC runs its railway franchise to operate all domestic passenger services within Scotland, as well as the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London, England. ... First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... Queensferry (often referred to as South Queensferry to distinguish it from North Queensferry), originally a Royal Burgh in West Lothian is now part of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Dalmeny is a village and parish in Scotland. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It has never been explained why Haymarket station in Edinburgh has never been listed in the British network as "Edinburgh Haymarket". This make it difficult for Inter-City passengers to know it is in central Edinburgh. The station forecourt in the morning rush hour Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

In 2000 a new, much-needed station was opened in the expading eastern suburbs of Dunfermline and given the cumbersome name of "Dunfermline Queen Margaret" which takes up two lines in local timetables. The name comes from the 11th Century Queen Margaret. This article is about the year 2000. ... Stained glass window image of Saint Margaret of Scotland in the small chapel at Edinburgh Castle Saint Margaret of Scotland, also known by her Anglo-Saxon name Margaret Ætheling (c. ...

Stops on the Fife Circle line

Edinburgh to Fife

• Edinburgh Waverley is the 21-platform major station of the Scottish capital, under the castle rock and opening onto Princes Street and its gardens.
• Haymarket serves the city centre's West End and Tollcross districts.
• South Gyle railway station is located in the South Gyle residential suburb. It also serves the South Gyle industrial estate, the Gyle Shopping Centre, and is about a kilometre from the attractive suburb of Corstorphine.
• Dalmeny is the station at the south end of the Forth Bridge. It is at the edge of South Queensferry.

• North Queensferry is the village at the north end of the Forth Bridge

• Inverkeithing is ancient burgh and port with a shipbreaking history.

Here the main line and loop line divide. Waverley Station, from the Scott Monument. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Princes Street, as viewed facing west from the Scott Monument Princes Street and the Castle at twilight Princes Street is the main shopping street in Edinburgh city centre, although it was originally designed to be a residential street. ... The station forecourt in the morning rush hour Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Tollcross is a section of Glasgow, Scotland, north of the River Clyde. ... South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh. ... South Gyle is an area of Edinburgh, lying on the western edge of the city. ... The Gyle is a broad term for a Western suburb of the city of Edinburgh, bordering Edinburgh Park, and on the edge of Corstorphine. ... Corstorphine is a western suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. ... Dalmeny is a village and parish in Scotland. ... Queensferry (often referred to as South Queensferry to distinguish it from North Queensferry), originally a Royal Burgh in West Lothian is now part of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... North Queensferry is a town in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth, between the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. ... The term Forth Bridge is the correct term for the railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in Scotland. ... The Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing is a burgh in Fife, Scotland, located on the Firth of Forth. ...

Loop line

• Rosyth serves the village well enough but is on its inland side nowhere near the port. It also serves the south of Dunfermline.
• Dunfermline Town serves the centre of Dunfermline.
• Dunfermline Queen Margaret serves Dunfermline's eastern suburbs and is near Queen Margaret hospital.
• Cowdenbeath, coalfield towns
• Lochgelly
• Cardenden
• Glenrothes with Thornton

Rosyth (pronounced Ross-sythe) (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Saoithe) is located on the Firth of Forth on Scotlands east coast, a mile (1. ... The Royal Burgh of Dunfermline (in Gaelic, Dùn Phàrlain), is a town and burgh in Fife, Scotland, that sits on high ground 3 miles from the shore of the Firth of Forth, northwest of Edinburgh. ... Cowdenbeath is a burgh in Fife, Scotland. ... Lochgelly is: a place in Fife, Scotland the brand name of the most reputed firm that produced tawses and hence a synonym (spelled without a capital L) for that typically Scottish device for corporal punishment. ...

Main line

• Dalgety Bay serves the modern town with a shining whitewash look.
• Aberdour serves the village with awards for its "silver sands" quiet beaches.
• Burntisland serves the seaside resort town facing directly across to Edinburgh.
• Kinghorn serves the town at the "horn" of the coast where it turns from facing Edinburgh to the open North Sea
• Kirkcaldy serves the still active old market town hugging the coast with an unusual long sea promenade off the town centre.

The 2 lines join forming a circle, but half of all services via Kirkcaldy and a few peak services via the loop line continue to the next main line stop. Dalgety Bay, a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. ... Aberdour is a popular and attractive village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. ... Burntisland is a burgh in Fife, Scotland on the Firth of Forth. ... Kinghorn, Fife Kinghorn is a burgh in Fife, Scotland. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Kirkcaldy (pron. ...

• Markinch This is a railhead for nearby Glenrothes, a Silicon Glen new town. It is much closer to it than the loop line station called "Glenrothes with Thornton" that was opened in 1992.

Disambiguation: the similarly named Merkinch is an area of Inverness Markinch is a small town located in Fife, Scotland. ... Glenrothes is one of the Scottish new towns, created in the post-war era circa 1948, from an amalgamation of small farming communities. ... Silicon Glen is a nickname for the high tech sector of Scotland. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Future Services

The east peninsula of Fife beyond Kirkcaldy is not rail served post-Beeching, and the devolved government is considering backing a branch reopening to Leven, given the role of cross-Forth communications in Fife's economy. To spread some of the traffic onto a Burntisland-Leith ferry crossing is also proposed frequently, the last attempt at it in 1991 was weakly promoted as a commuter route and flopped, but Leith has developed a lot since then, into Edinburgh's government district, but the trains don't go there. Some buses from south Fife do, but buses are notoriously subject to Forth Road Bridge congestion. Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe was an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to control the spiralling cost of running the British railway system by closing what it considered to be little-used and unprofitable... Leven is a town in Fife, Scotland, and formerly an administrative Burgh. ... Former Royal Yacht Britannia is permanently moored at Leith harbour. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. ...