Cowdenbeath train station
You can reach 26 stations directly from Cowdenbeath on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dunfermline City, with 144 trains a day.
Cowdenbeath is the nearest station for postcodes in KY4. Check your own postcode.
- 26 direct destinations
- 1,662nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Cowdenbeath
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunfermline City | 144 | 142 | 30 |
| Dunfermline Queen Margaret | 144 | 142 | 30 |
| Inverkeithing | 144 | 142 | 30 |
| Rosyth | 144 | 142 | 30 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 143 | 142 | 30 |
| Edinburgh Gateway | 143 | 142 | 30 |
| Haymarket | 143 | 142 | 30 |
| Dalmeny | 130 | 134 | 30 |
| North Queensferry | 130 | 134 | 30 |
| Glenrothes with Thornton | 116 | 108 | 30 |
| Cardenden | 114 | 108 | 30 |
| Lochgelly | 114 | 108 | 30 |
| South Gyle | 113 | 111 | 30 |
| Cameron Bridge | 68 | 70 | 28 |
| Leven | 68 | 70 | 28 |
| Markinch | 38 | 36 | 2 |
| Ladybank | 37 | 35 | 2 |
| Perth | 37 | 36 | 2 |
| Camelon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cupar | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Falkirk Grahamston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow Queen Street | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leuchars | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Linlithgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Polmont | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath is on the Fife Circle Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Cowdenbeath station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Cowdenbeath station on 5 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 1 path on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. All of them run whatever the traffic.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Cowdenbeath station is
121,674 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,662nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cowdenbeath and Edinburgh than any other pair: 66,972 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 18 stations instead of 26, a drop of about 31%. Saturday runs to 18.
Nearest other stations
- Lochgelly 2.0 miles
- Dunfermline Queen Margaret 3.7 miles
- Cardenden 3.8 miles
- Aberdour 4.3 miles
- Dalgety Bay 4.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cowdenbeath, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Cowdenbeath Old · 0.3 miles
- Crossgates · 1.8 miles
- Kelty · 2.0 miles
- Halbeath · 3.0 miles
- Blairadam · 4.1 miles
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Facilities at Cowdenbeath station
Cowdenbeath is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 08:10 to 10:50 · Friday: 09:00 to 11:45 · Saturday: 09:00 to 13:00 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Cowdenbeath station
Cowdenbeath station is in Fife, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M90 J4 (Cocklaw Junction), 2.1 miles north-west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cowdenbeath station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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