Cowdenbeath railway station
You can reach 26 stations directly from Cowdenbeath on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dunfermline City, with 73 trains a day.
Cowdenbeath is the nearest station for postcodes in KY4. Check your own postcode.
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 | 73 | 71 | 23 |
| Dunfermline Queen Margaret | 73 | 71 | 23 |
| Inverkeithing | 73 | 71 | 23 |
| Rosyth | 73 | 71 | 23 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 72 | 71 | 23 |
| Edinburgh Gateway | 72 | 71 | 23 |
| Haymarket | 72 | 71 | 23 |
| Dalmeny | 59 | 63 | 23 |
| North Queensferry | 59 | 63 | 23 |
| Glenrothes with Thornton | 45 | 37 | 23 |
| Cardenden | 44 | 37 | 23 |
| Lochgelly | 44 | 37 | 23 |
| South Gyle | 42 | 39 | 23 |
| Cameron Bridge | 31 | 33 | 18 |
| Leven | 31 | 33 | 18 |
| Ladybank | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Markinch | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Perth | 3 | 2 | 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 |
How busy Cowdenbeath 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
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.