Cupar
Cupar railway station
General information
Location	Cupar,Fife Scotland
Coordinates	56°19′03″N3°00′31″W / 56.3174°N 3.0087°W /56.3174; -3.0087
Grid reference	NO376143
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CUP
Passengers
2019/20	0.184 million
2020/21	22,610
2021/22	95,794
2022/23	0.122 million
2023/24	0.173 million
Listed Building – Category B
Designated	1 February 1972
Reference no.	LB24292[1]
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Cupar railway station is arailway station that serves the town ofCupar inFife, Scotland. The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one (for trains to Edinburgh) is now wheelchair accessible. Services are provided byScotRail andCrossCountry.

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The station was opened by theEdinburgh and Northern Railway in 1847 as the temporary northern terminus of theTayport branch of their route along the Fife Coast. The line northwards to Tayport (for the ferry link toDundee) was completed in 1850 and through running to Dundee over the firstTay Bridge began in 1878.

• On 23 October 1899, an express passenger train was in collision with a cattle train. One person was killed.^[2]
• On 4 July 1988 a Class 47 cement train derailed, demolishing a section of the bridge which carries the B940 over the railway. This was caused by excessive speed and a fault with the rail line.^[3]

The weekday service is as follows:^[4]

CrossCountry:

• 1 tpd toAberdeen.
• 1 tpd toPenzance.

Scotrail:

• 2 tph toEdinburgh viaKirkcaldy,Inverkeithing andHaymarket.
• 3 tpd toInverurie viaLeuchars,Dundee,Arbroath,Montrose,Stonehaven,Aberdeen andDyce. 1 tpd extended toInverness in the evening (connections are otherwise available at Dundee).
• 2 tph toDundee viaLeuchars.
• 1 tpd toCarnoustie, viaLeuchars,Dundee,Broughty Ferry,Balmossie,Monifieth,Barry Links andGolf Street.

Sunday services operate every two hours each way to Edinburgh & Dundee, with some extra evening trains.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Springfield		ScotRail Edinburgh–Dundee line		Leuchars
Ladybank		CrossCountry Cross Country Route		Leuchars

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