New Mobile Site
We have just launched a new mobile version of this site - m.trainspots. This page will use your smart device's GPS to loctate you and guide you to locations that are close to your present location.
Location notes
The location is east of the village of Kinghorn on the Fife Coastal Path along the north bank of the Firth of Forth. The line through Kinghorn is the main Edinburgh to Dundee line.
Kinghorn itself is a picturesque, quiet village around a small bay with a beach.
Kinghorn itself is a picturesque, quiet village around a small bay with a beach.
Railway type and traffic
Longer distance services towards Dundee, Perth, Aberdeen and Inverness are usually class 158 and 170 units, with Voyagers and East Coast HSTs on the Anglo-Scottish trains.
There are freight trains on the line, mainly coal trains to Longannet Power Station, which take a circuitous route through Fife. These will be rerouted if the line from Kincardine is reopened.
There are freight trains on the line, mainly coal trains to Longannet Power Station, which take a circuitous route through Fife. These will be rerouted if the line from Kincardine is reopened.
Environment
The location is on the Coastal Path and is on low cliffs overlooking the Firth. The location would be very exposed in winter.
Road directions
After crossing north over the Forth Road Bridge, take the second exit and head east on the A921 towards Dalgety Bay. This road passes through Kinghorn.
Click here to set up your location for directions to this location
Kinghorn, Linton Court map co-ordinates
Click here to set up your location for directions to this location
Kinghorn, Linton Court map co-ordinates
Parking
You will need to park your car in Kinghorn village and walk the rest of the way. See below for details.
Public transport
Kinghorn station is well served from Edinburgh with a roughly half-hourly service. Exit the station on the seaward side and keeping alongside the line, pass underneath the viaduct. There is a small children's playground on the right, pass alongside this and the coastal path passes under the railway at the far end. Keep along this path - it climbs alongside a caravan park, before zig-zagging up and down along the foreshore. Eventually you will come to a flight of wooden steps which give you a good view of the line (and the river!)
Click here to set up your location for directions to this location
Click here to set up your location for directions to this location
Amenities
There are no facilities in the area.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
It might be necessary to adjust the time to suit your visit, this link should open with the current day.
Kinghorn, Linton Court
Streetmap links
Kinghorn, Linton Court general view map
Kinghorn, Linton Court close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Kinghorn, Linton Court
It might be necessary to adjust the time to suit your visit, this link should open with the current day.
Kinghorn, Linton Court
Googly map
Kinghorn, Linton Court general view map
Kinghorn, Linton Court close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Kinghorn, Linton Court
Who likes this location on facebook
Railway Gen Group
Photographic notes
The light here is best in a morning until about 11 for trains heading north-east away from Edinburgh, with the Firth in the background. The line enters a cutting by the location so shots the other way are not really possible.
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Disclaimer
All information contained within this is site is © Trainspots. The images used on this site remain the property of the original photographer, as credited at the top of the page, and are used with their kind permission.
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.
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.
