Fife Railway Statistics

"Fife" is a county in the Eastern Scotland region of Scotland. There are twenty-one railway stations in Fife.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Inverkeithing 873,356
  2. 2 Kirkcaldy 782,132
  3. 3 Leuchars 528,122
  4. 4 Dunfermline City 475,100
  5. 5 Markinch 251,992
  6. 6 Dalgety Bay 197,188
  7. 7 Dunfermline Queen Margaret 183,512
  8. 8 Burntisland 180,538
  9. 9 Rosyth 177,410
  10. 10 Cupar 173,112

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Springfield 1,144
  2. 2 Cardenden 37,974
  3. 3 Glenrothes With Thornton 50,680
  4. 4 Lochgelly 51,462
  5. 5 Ladybank 76,708
  6. 6 Kinghorn 88,298
  7. 7 Aberdour 105,028
  8. 8 North Queensferry 117,732
  9. 9 Cowdenbeath 118,708
  10. 10 Cupar 173,112

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 13% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 65% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Fife table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-982,747,785
1998-993,092,791
1999-003,416,561
2000-013,743,827
2001-023,713,344
2002-033,774,779
2003-04 
2004-054,702,538
2005-064,847,956
2006-075,079,023
2007-085,256,069
2008-095,283,142
2009-105,148,222
2010-115,186,088
2011-125,332,440
2012-135,396,930
2013-145,595,693
2014-155,946,154
2015-165,946,154
2016-176,102,184
2017-186,193,712
2018-196,059,782
2019-205,508,014
2020-21694,866
2021-222,996,664
2022-233,588,904
2023-24 
2024-25