Leven railway station (Fife)

{{Short description|Railway station in Scotland}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Leven

| status = Open

| code = LEV

| image = Leven_Railway_Station.jpg

| caption = Leven (Fife) station platforms in June 2024.

| borough = Leven, Fife

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|56.1923|N|3.002|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB-FIF_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NO379004|2|NO3794800442}}

| platforms = 2

| original = Leven Railway

| pregroup = North British Railway

| postgroup = LNER

| years = {{Start date|1854|08|10|df=yes}}

| events = Opened

| years1 = 6 October 1969

| events1 = Closed

| years2 = 2 June 2024{{cite web | url = https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2024/05/30/levenmouth-rail-link-opens | title = Levenmouth Rail link opens | last = Wilcock | first = Rich | date = 30 May 2024 | website = Rail | access-date = 2 June 2024 | archive-date = 31 May 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240531003829/https://www.railmagazine.com/news/2024/05/30/levenmouth-rail-link-opens | url-status = live }}

| events2 = Resited and reopened

| accessible = yes

}}

Leven railway station is a station that serves as the terminus of the Levenmouth rail link, connecting the town of Leven, Fife with the Fife Circle Line.

In December 2020 four options were proposed for the new station site.{{Cite web |title=Levenmouth rail link: proposed locations for new train stations revealed |url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/transport/levenmouth-rail-link-proposed-locations-new-train-stations-revealed-3057301 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204214542/https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/transport/levenmouth-rail-link-proposed-locations-new-train-stations-revealed-3057301 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |website=www.fifetoday.co.uk |language=en}} In June 2021 the station site, near the town's swimming pool, was announced.{{Cite web |last=Callaghan |first=Jamie |date=15 June 2021 |title=New train station sites announced for Leven line |url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/transport/new-train-station-sites-announced-for-leven-line-3273318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326134621/https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/transport/new-train-station-sites-announced-for-leven-line-3273318 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=26 March 2023 |website=Fife Today}}

The station was opened on 29 May 2024, with scheduled passenger services starting on 2 June 2024. Direct journeys to Edinburgh Waverley take just over an hour.{{cite news |title=Joy as Levenmouth rail link is given the go-ahead |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/952930/joy-as-levenmouth-rail-link-is-given-the-go-ahead/ |access-date=10 August 2019 |work=The Courier.co.uk |date=9 August 2019 |archive-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810094954/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/952930/joy-as-levenmouth-rail-link-is-given-the-go-ahead/ |url-status=live }}

Historically, there was a station at Leven between 1854 and 1969 on the North British Railway,{{Cite web |title=Fife today article on the line |url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/marking-45-years-since-leven-line-closure-1-3572390 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809110916/https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/marking-45-years-since-leven-line-closure-1-3572390 |archive-date=9 August 2019 |access-date=9 August 2019}} in a different location.