Markinch railway station is a railway station in Markinch, Fife, Scotland, which serves the Glenrothes, Leslie and Levenmouth areas of Fife.
The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the main Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line, north of Edinburgh Waverley. The station was recently rebuilt to include a new building and park and ride facilities and is now the main station for passengers travelling to Glenrothes, Leven, Buckhaven, Methil and the East of Fife. There are up to ten buses an hour connecting the station with Glenrothes and four to the Levenmouth area. A cycle route has also been completed along the former Leslie Railway into Glenrothes.
History
The now-closed Leslie Railway left the mainline immediately south of this station.
Services
ScotRail
Most ScotRail services from Edinburgh to and (each hourly), and some services to and call at Markinch. Southbound has two trains per hour to Edinburgh. There is one direct service from each weekday evening.
Sunday services are somewhat irregular and run every two hours in the morning and early afternoon but more frequently thereafter. They run to and from Aberdeen or Inverness northbound.
CrossCountry
As of 21 May 2023, CrossCountry operate one northbound train per day to Aberdeen and one southbound train a day to Penzance on weekdays. On Sundays, the northbound service terminates at Dundee and the southbound train terminates at Plymouth.