Markinch train station
You can reach 32 stations directly from Markinch on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Edinburgh Waverley, with 76 trains a day.
Markinch is the nearest station for postcodes in KY7, KY6. Check your own postcode.
- 32 direct destinations
- 1,285th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 138 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Markinch
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Waverley | 76 | 75 | 22 |
| Haymarket | 76 | 75 | 22 |
| Inverkeithing | 76 | 75 | 22 |
| Ladybank | 75 | 73 | 20 |
| Edinburgh Gateway | 74 | 73 | 19 |
| Cupar | 39 | 38 | 18 |
| Dundee | 39 | 38 | 18 |
| Glenrothes with Thornton | 39 | 37 | 3 |
| Leuchars | 39 | 38 | 18 |
| Cowdenbeath | 38 | 36 | 2 |
| Dunfermline City | 38 | 36 | 2 |
| Dunfermline Queen Margaret | 38 | 36 | 2 |
| Perth | 38 | 37 | 4 |
| Rosyth | 38 | 36 | 2 |
| Cardenden | 37 | 36 | 2 |
| Dalmeny | 37 | 36 | 4 |
| North Queensferry | 37 | 36 | 4 |
| South Gyle | 37 | 38 | 4 |
| Lochgelly | 36 | 36 | 2 |
| Springfield | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Aberdeen | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Arbroath | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Laurencekirk | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Montrose | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Portlethen | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Stonehaven | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Carnoustie | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Camelon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Falkirk Grahamston | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glasgow Queen Street | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Linlithgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Polmont | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Markinch
Markinch is on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Markinch station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Markinch station on 11 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 2 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path 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 Markinch station is
235,210 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,285th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Markinch and Edinburgh than any other pair: 115,690 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Markinch gains 30 destinations including Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dalgety Bay, Aberdour, Burntisland, Kinghorn.
Nearest other stations
- Glenrothes with Thornton 2.7 miles
- Cameron Bridge 3.3 miles
- Leven 5.0 miles
- Ladybank 5.1 miles
- Kirkcaldy 6.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Markinch, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Thornton Junction · 2.3 miles
- Falkland Road · 2.8 miles
- West Wemyss · 3.0 miles
- Cameron Bridge · 3.1 miles
- Leslie · 3.4 miles
- Wemyss Castle · 3.7 miles
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Facilities at Markinch station
Markinch is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:45 to 13:15 · Saturday: 08:10 to 14:40 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Markinch station
- Station Car Park 138 spaces, 9 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 34 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Markinch station
Markinch station is in Fife, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M90 J8 (Arlary), 10.4 miles west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Markinch 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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