New Stations - Leven and Cameron Bridge ARE OPEN! 

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"The beach is phenonemal...for the 5 days a year we get sun." 😂😂😂

"Passive provision" are my two favourite words in the English language. Music to my ears and a welcome departure from the daft way the Borders line was built. Wish the Leven link all the best ❤

Good to see that services to these new stations will be calling at Edinburgh Gateway for a quick transfer to the Airport. Perfect for those of you who want to see Leven on a jet plane.

Our Scotland is doing well reversing the Beeching cuts what with Tweedbank and now Leven, amazing when people say that was wrong and now it is back.

Sorry Geoff. As someone born there the correct pronunciation is Kir-coddy (or Kirk-oddy). (Dont ask me why theres a silent L)

The old tracks were fully open to access from when they were closed and I managed to walk along to the old Cameron Bridge station a few weeks before they demolished it for laying the new tracks. Great to see the progress.

Love the forward planning with the electrification. At least the engineers have more foresight than politicians

Loving John with his best Sunday voice on 🙂

There’s something of an irony that much of the original Cameron Bridge station survived until it was demolished to make way for the new line. 😂 On a serious note it’s great that the line is re-opening. It’s something that Levenmouth really needs. Since I live nearby, I am tempted to take a train to Leven on Sunday when services start.

Congratulations to the residents of Fife on regaining an important transport link. In the time it's taken to bring the case for the Leven reopening from notion to fruition, here in Sussex the much needed reopening of the Lewes Uckfield line and rehabilitation of the relief mainline and primary route to link five airports to better utilise existing capacity has achieved precisely .... (drum roll please) .... sod all. Looking forward to the Leven opening ceremony and the first appearance of Cameron Bridge and Leven on the live departures indicators

Who doesn't love a brand new station

Seeing passive provision for Overhead Line Electrification on the Levenmouth Rail Link project gladdens me. When I worked on the Detailed Design for East West Rail Connection Stage 1, the DfT had de-scoped electrification to save money. As part of that, while new structures were built with sufficient clearance, the existing bridges and structures were left as is. I fear that it means that we may never see the Oxford-Cambridge line electrified.

Looking forward to seeing this open. Maybe St Andrews should be the next town to be reconnected to the rain network.

ah now that's going to make East Fife FC more accessible for those of us who like to visit small Scottish football teams

I love a brand new station but across the UK all these new stations look identical. Where is the character or the uniqueness. That's what makes the rest of the stations in the UK so special.

Excellent news! One word of warning to anyone thinking of alighting from heritage stock on a tour to Leven. Particularly if it's dark, REMEMBER IT IS AN ISLAND PLATFORM. The canal looks aw'fy cold and wet!

We have just had the weekend in Leven & saw the new stations & told my wife here are a couple more f new stations for Geoff to visit, low and behold you upload video today, cannot write it, haha

Yes, the stations look identical to all the ones opened recently in Scotland, but let's be fair, if there are enough new stations that we can call them generic, that's a huge plus in the first place.

I lived in Windygates and remember being three or four and taken to Edinburgh from Cameron Bridge. I hope to go and see the two new stations but Cameron Bridge is what really I want to see

Good to see the railway return to Leven , it would be nice to see it extend further up the coast, although a bit more complicated engineering wise.

This was built on the old route round to the docks as well, so the choice of locating it there was a case of putting it where tracks used to be. You have no idea how amazing this is for us Fifers and train nerds. Also gutted I didn’t get to meet you when you were up!

Great video, Geoff. So good to see new stations opening - and passive provision for electrification as well - fantastic!

I'm looing forward to visiting Leven this weekend. Great video Geoff.

My aunt had a caravan in Leven, so we went there a lot on holiday. The train would have been useful. Beach is, as the lad says, brilliant!

At about 2:30 when the chap from Network Rail mentions the reasons for siting of the new Cameron Bridge Station he says the Diageo Comah zone is one reason they moved it. It's a Diageo owned whisky distillery or ageing plant. It has so much flammable liquid on site that it falls under the Lowe tier of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations. Diageo would have to account for the effects that a major accident on their site could have on the neighbouring properties including the station if it had been sited closer to them It would just have been easier for Network Rail to build the station further from the Diageo site. Less consultation and cooperation needed between the two parties in this location.

East Fife FCs ground Bayview is a stone’s throw from Leven Station. When the fixtures come out I’m planning a Visit.

How lovely to see you north of the border again, Geoff. If I'd known you were coming I'd have brought you some tea! Congratulations on the correct pronunciation of Leven by the way - shame about Kirkcaldy, which has a silent 'l'; remind me to brief you before you release your video if the line is ever re-extended to Kilconquhar!

Thanks for showing very interesting nice they have opened up the old line.👌😊

Excellent, crisp images on the video..every raindrop clearly outlined.. or "Scotch mist" as we call it in Dunedin--the Edinburgh of the South. A few hundred metres from my home on Highgate, is Leven St... except we say it as in the number 11. There is also a Kirkland Hill :-)

Thank you for the video Geoff it was very interesting. ❤

Thanks for a great video! Last week I saw the countdown at Waverley and thought I'd wait for an explanation from Geoff - and here it is!

Great video Geoff very interesting. Also good to see your pronouncation of Leven is now excellent! Just need to improve your Kirkcaldy now, it is tricky though! Hope to spot you on the line soon.

Love the new version of the help point let's bring it out over the whole railway network

Great you came to visit our new stations 🎉

Nice to see you doing more new videos of brand new railway stations. I be looking forward to seeing Cameron Bridge and Leven on the Levenmouth Rail Link opened. It’s nice to see railway lines coming back in Scotland that was once closed because of the Beeching Axe. Perhaps the former Waverley line now known as the Borders line that goes from Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank could extend to Carlisle and to allow trains to avoid Carstairs when coming to and from Carlisle and the West Coast Main Line.

So glad that Network Rail continues to invite Geoff to show us these excellent projects. SO excited for the East West Project between Bicester and Bletchley, it's nearly done, I hope you will be there Geoff!

There is surely a case for re-opening the branch to St Andrews.

Well done on getting this access Geoff. I met you briefly at East Linton Station on its opening day. I got the 09.19 train from Haymarket to Leven yesterday and sat with David. I also met Stuart, Jen, Rob etc. I think it's a disgrace that construction of White Rose Station has been paused and that three of the Northumberland Line stations won't now open until 2025.

Brilliant...! What a funky little 'car' too...

As a non-native speaker, understanding Joe was quite a challenge, especially with background noise. I'm really impressed with how well the automatic subtitles did, though!

I'm always delighted when new stations are built. But most of the new stations in recent years are just so dull looking and utilitarian. Can't we add a splash of colour and warmth?

Great video and was lovely to meet you at Waverly last week. We hope you enjoyed the Rock and have you caricature up on the wall 😊

Well done Scotland ...wish we could reopen lines in England..

Stirling quality video as usual Geoff.

This is one of your best “new station opening” videos you’ve made

Fantastic video Geoff!! Hope you manage to try it out on a running service very soon.

I'll be on the first train out of Edinburgh Waverley tomorrow morning! Looking forward to the experience.

New stations? Fantastic! We're getting one soon at Cambridge South. Will make a point to visit these two next time I'm in Scotland.

Very interesting, thank you!

Good to see rail expansion in Fife. I'm in Dunfermline which runs direct, so will try out the Leven line soon.

Loved the 180 degree 'shunt'.

Left from Cameron Bridge to join the Royal Navy in 1961. Never been back but it’s good to see the area has been cleaned up. Used to be a bit of a black hole.

I’m so annoyed I was moving the day of the opening. Leven station is gonna change everything!

Looks brilliant!

Love to see a returning railway! The second best thing, losing only to railways not being destroyed in the first place!!!

Have to put these on my list!

See you all there on Sunday :) can’t wait!

Yes, when this map has a sale on TSW4 I’ll buy it. Really digging the new graphics of these stations

Leven, on a fast train, don't know when i'll be back again!

The next one should be the link to St Andrews, the line is still there

Scotland is on my list to visit so it is good to see they are expanding rail as a week in Ireland was the extent of my driving on the other side of the road. But if I find a car with the steering wheel on the left like home I might consider it. Great video looking forward to the next.

Can't wait Geoff, I will be getting the 09.19 from Haymarket. I won;t be going to Cameron Bridge though, just Leven.

That was pretty cool. Interesting the RRV was left-hand-drive

I seen that buggy pass me at fife heritage railway while I was using the excavator, I did wave! 🤣 not sure if you were on board at that point

Awesome. Let us remember Jackie Leven and his wonderful songs. 🙏🎸🎤

I'll be visiting the line on June 8th, so I might be on a train to leven before you Geoff!

Two more tin shacks. No attempt at vernacular architecture. And at CB a bus stop with no buses for opening day- traditional British approach to integration of transport modes. Just as long as a 'heritage' kettle train once every blue moon will fit the platform😅. Och well, better than nothing. But what's really needed is full restoration of the loop to St Andrews and Dundee over the McGonagall Memorial Bridge. Does the slight realignment at Leven make that harder?

Good to see preparation made for electrification with mast foundations / bases installed

Putting in the OHLE bases for easy addition later. East-West Rail should take some notes. Single-lead junctions are no good. Find some space to fit in double-track all the way to the main line.

I seen you at the bus station in Leven, I’m one of the drivers for stagecoach in the area

When Wellington in Somerset opens if you come visit you'll have to let me know as I live in Taunton currently, one stop away.

Look forward to this part of the route to be adding to TSW4's Fife Cirle line

Thanks for sharing this vid. Managed to visit the line in late June 2024. Looks like a thorough civil enginerring job has been job with, as you note, provision for electrification in due course. The stations here and at other reopened/new ScotRail stations such as Inverness Airport and Kintore, are functional but, as the stylish waiting shelter at Cameron Bridge demonstrates, not places to hang around especially during inclement weather. Good to see the trains well used and plenty of cars parked at Cameron Bridge.

Who wouldn't want their very own RRV??? Nice. Thanks Geoff

Hope to visit in July along with riding the new clockwork orange trains in Glasgow.

Thank you for adding subtitles

heading there on sunday for a lookie 👍

Great work from the Scottish Government getting this open.

I made it here on the opening day - they really couldn't have had better weather for it and there was a real buzz about the place. Hopefully this works well both for Leven as a place and the wider area - some of the best coastline in Britain being along east out of Leven towards Anstruther and Crail...

OMG Chewbacca has made a visit to Edinburgh. Hope you enjoyed you visit in Edinburgh, Chewbacca.

Very interesting. My Scottish is a little rusty, but I got the gist of what he was saying.

Overall not the worst examples of new stations I've seen. The corten steel bike shelters are nice. Not a fan of the lack of proper seating in the shelters, and what is the logic of providing a footbridge with lifts, but then not giving it a roof....in Scotland!! How slippery is that going to be the minute it rains? Passive provision for electrification is great, but it still seems crazy that we're building "new" rail lines without electrification in 2024. Hopefully the whole Fife Circle will be done soon.

What a very nice man.

Cameron Brig. Fife's favourite whisky.

Hi Geoff, according to the local news here in Bristol, the new Ashley Down station will be open in late August or early September. I live nearby and would be happy to meet up when you inevitably film your station inauguration video.

May thanks for this Geoff I'm heaidn to Edinburgh in summer looking for something to do in my day off maybe a nice day out somwhere new

Thanks for fixing your pronunciation of Leven!

Also fairly certain I met that Chewbacca years ago elsewhere.

Commenting from Sydney, Australia... nice video and new stations Geoff. But for a place that gets so much rain, there's not a lot of overhead protection from the elements along the length of those platforms and access points.

Opening time already? It seems not so long ago I was watching WIP videos, and then there was an 'x' no. of days to go video. But here it is, now, almost upon us. How time flies. If I still had a Landrover, I'd swap it for a wee hurl in that neat looking RRV! Somewhere I have a Barts 1/2" 1890's map of Fife. I used it on holiday to Crail a good few years ago. It has the railways then current and also the proposed but never completed East Fife Central Railway. This was a line to have connections near Leven, near Cupar and near St. Andrews. On its way to Cupar, it was to run by Ceres, a mere asteroid back then, but a bustling minor planet now where the Post Office staff politely tolerate interstellar jokes and swear it's Bonnybridge that's really full of space cadets since it's the UFO Capital of Scotland. Of the part and route of the railway that was actually built, it reached a terminus at Lochty. Lochty farm became the home of the Lochty Private Railway where 60009, Union of South Africa was taken after being acquired by John Cameron who had also acquired the farm and reinstated the short part of the railway line that ran through it. The LPR closed in 1992 but gave birth to what is now the Fife Heritage Railway. It's, um... out of this world.

"I love it when new stations open up in the morning... smells like.... opportunity.."

My Grandad use to drive the Train back in the day

I live in Falkland Fife & if you came to Falkland Geoff I would have bought you a coffee ☕️ from Fayre Earth 🌎 Gift Shop which is a great wee shop in Falkland Pal. 👍

Excellent news for golf tourism in the area. Leven Links and Scoonie are now only a 15 minute walk rather than a 6 mile taxi or bus ride from Markinch. Lundin Links also 5 miles closer too.

Love Joe's voice.

Geoff another informative vid, but did you notice any line signalling?

The first train to Leven on Sunday 2nd did stop at South Gyle.

Geoff… instead of the money wasted on HS2 to Birmingham lots of these types of projects could have been done all over the UK … Reversing some of the Beeching cuts….

Hi Geoff, have you considered going to Troon to see the newly built ticket offive building?