Cowdenbeath railway station
Cowdenbeath railway station in 2012 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Cowdenbeath, Fife Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°06′43″N 3°20′35″W / 56.1120°N 3.3431°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NT165918 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | COW | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 2 June 1890 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 0.135 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 17,956 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 82,690 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 94,078 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.119 million | ||||
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Cowdenbeath railway station is a railway station in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley.
The station can be accessed via two steep ramps from either the east side of the High Street, or Station Road, and there is a footbridge connecting the platforms.
The ticket office is situated within the waiting room. Additional ticket facilities are provided by an automatic ticket machine outside the waiting room. There is a toilet but to access it, a key must be obtained from the ticket office. There were public toilet facilities in the High Street but these were closed in May 2008; now the nearest facilities are at Cowdenbeath Library, at the north end of the High Street. The former nearest public toilet was Cowdenbeath Leisure Centre, which is closed for refurbishment until the end of 2025.
The nearest bus stops, public phones and taxi rank are in the High Street.