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Location notes
Leuchars (or since 1964 Leuchars for St Andrews) is the most northerly railway station in Fife. It sits at the southern end of the village, with the RAF base (due to become army barracks in 2014) nearby. It is the only station in Fife to have an island platform.The station is located on the Scottish East Coast Mainline.
Railway type and traffic
All passenger trains are scheduled to stop here. These are Scotrail class 158s and 170s, to Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen, the Caledonian Sleeper (using a DBS class 67), East Coast HSTs on the London to Aberdeen service, and Cross country voyagers.
The line plays host to a mixed variety of freight, provided by DBS, DRS, Freightliner.
The line plays host to a mixed variety of freight, provided by DBS, DRS, Freightliner.
Link to Real Time Trains
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Environment
Leuchars is a small village, with the military base nearby
Road directions
From the Tay bridge, follow signs for St Andrews, and the road will take you through Leuchars. Go right through the village, and at the southern end, the railway station will be on your right.
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Leuchars Station map co-ordinates
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Leuchars Station map co-ordinates
Parking
The station has a car park, but bear in mind it could be busy. Parking is restricted in the village.
Public transport
All trains call at leuchars, times can be obtained from www.nationalrail.co.uk and Stagecoach in Fife serves the station, with 6 buses an hour during the day heading to St Andrews. These routes all accept plusbus. www.stagecoachbus.com/fife for timetables and fares. Also of note, the stagecoach travel office at St Andrews bus station sells rail tickets.
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Amenities
The village centre is about 5 minutes walk away, and has a couple of village shops and a chemist. There is a snack bar on the station platform, though please note it is not always open when the station is open.
Sun Compass
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Leuchars Station
Streetmap links
Leuchars Station general view map
Leuchars Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Leuchars Station
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Leuchars Station
Googly map
Leuchars Station general view map
Leuchars Station close up map
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Leuchars Station
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Photographic notes
Photographic notes - Firstly, and most importantly, under no circumstances should photos be taken of any military personnel, equipment or locations.
The station has semaphore signals, and these are usually put into position for the arrival of a train. The view looking north is longer that that looking south.
The island platform has wide spaces at both ends allowing you to keep clear of crowds.
Note that there may be military aircraft taking off, and if so, the noise will be heard on any videos, as will traffic on the nearby road.
The station has semaphore signals, and these are usually put into position for the arrival of a train. The view looking north is longer that that looking south.
The island platform has wide spaces at both ends allowing you to keep clear of crowds.
Note that there may be military aircraft taking off, and if so, the noise will be heard on any videos, as will traffic on the nearby road.
General views - All photographs © Robert Clarke unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
Fig 2 - Looking north
From the northbound side of the platform
Fig 3 - Looking north
Fig 4 - Looking north
On the south bound side.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
