DMU Operations: Scottish Region
Fife Coast
Many different services ran over this coastal route. Trains to / from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Arbroath, Dunfermline are examples, some were though services, some terminated at Crail. The northern section to St Andrews had a more regular service.
Closure would be in stages, St Andrews to Leven in September 1964, Leuchars to St Andrews in January 1969, and finally Leven to Thornton in October 1969.
Sample Timetables
15th June to 13th September 1959
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (5.2 mb pdf).
2nd November 1959 to 12th June 1960
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (4.4 mb pdf).
13th June to 11th September 1960
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (6.2 mb pdf).
12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (5 mb pdf).
12th June to 10th September 1961
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (5.9 mb pdf).
11th September 1961 - 17th June 1962
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (4.9 mb pdf).
18th June to 9th September 1962
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (6.1 mb pdf).
10th September 1962 to 16th June 1963
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (4.5 mb pdf).
17th June to 8th September, 1963
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (5.4 mb pdf).
9th September 1963 to 14th June 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (4.8 mb pdf).
15th June to 6th September 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (6.6 mb pdf).
7th September 1964 to 13th June 1965
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 27 (5.3 mb pdf).
14 June 1965 to 17 April 1966
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 22 (12 mb pdf).
18 April 1966 to 5 March 1967
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 18 (13.4 mb pdf).
6 March 1967 until further notice
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 18 (7 mb pdf).
4 September 1967 to 5 May 1968
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 18 (5 mb pdf).
6 May 1968 to 4 May 1969
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 18 (4.7 mb pdf).
5 May 1969 to 3 May 1970
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was included in Table 17 (3 mb pdf).
Images
Unknown date
A Met-Camm triple DMU arrives into Leuchars Junction station with an Anstruther service on 4 September 1965. Stuart Mackay Collection.
8th July 1964
8th July 1964 sees this 101 at Anstruther. Contrary to the destination blind, this is believed to be the 2:42 PM from Dundee Tay Bridge to Edinburgh Waverley - It is believed that the Anstruther destination was used to dissuade passengers going to Edinburgh from taking this slow service through the East Neuk. Anstruther was a passing loop, but apparently the points at the East end had been plain lined meaning that Westbound trains went through the station on the Eastbound line then reversed into the station so that an Eastbound train could pass. David Pearson.
1965
Two three-car Met-Camm DMUs in Crail station in 1965. Walter Burt.
3rd April 1965
The 2.26pm Thornton - Crail service crosses Largo viaduct on the 3rd April 1965. Hamish Stevenson.
10th July 1965
A GRC&W twin at Lundin Links on the Fife Coast line on 10 July 1965. SC56306 is noted as the closest vehicle which was a Leith Central vehicle at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
4th September 1965
The tail lamp gets changed for the return journey to Edinburgh Waverley in this view of Anstruther station on 4 September 1965. The station closed two days later, and the train is formed of Gloucester and Met-Camm DMUs. Stuart Mackay Collection.
21st July 1967
The 18:47 Leven - Glasgow Queen Street service arrives into Polmont station on 21 July 1967. it is formed of a three-car Met-Camm DMU, set number 210 is on the cab front of the DMCL - which was originally an NER vehicle. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd March 1968
Two three-car Met-Camm DMUs in North Queensferry station with an Edinburgh Waverley - Leven service on 2 March 1968. The closest vehicle is in blue, the next four in green with a mix of original and revised lining. Stuart Mackay Collection.
20th April 1968
Two Met-Camm DMUs approach Polmont station on 20 April 1968. Leven is on the destination blind, presumably on a service from Glasgow. Both three-cars are the same mixed livery: DMCLs in Loco Green with revised lining and yellow first class stripe; TCLs in DMU green with original lining and white/cream first class stripe; and the DMCSs are in blue. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th September 1969
The 14:22 Leven - Edinburgh service in Thornton Junction station on 27 September 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th September 1969
A three-car Met-Camm DMU in Leven station on 27 September 1969. This service would end just over a week later. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1st October 1969
A three-car trailer brake Met-Camm DMU is seen in Thornton Junction station on 1 October 1969, just a few days before closure. Closest, with Leven on the destination blind, is DMC SC50158, at the time allocated to Dundee. The vehicle would spend the first 32 of its 35 year career on the Scottish Region. Dundee only had one TBSL at the time - SC59074. Transferred to the Scottish Region in 1966 where it remained - other than a brief spell at Chester - until withdrawal in 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
6th October 1969
A three-car Met-Camm DMU (a TBSL set, with the rear car still in green) arrives into Dysart station with a service to Leven on 6 October 1969. This was the last day of the Leven service, and also the last day that Dysart station was open. Stuart Mackay Collection.
6th October 1969
A three-car Met-Camm DMU (a TBSL set, with the rear car still in green) in Leven station on 6 October 1969, the last day of this passenger service. Stuart Mackay Collection.