Leuchars railway station
Leuchars railway station serves the towns of Leuchars and St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The station is the last northbound stop before Dundee. The station was built as Leuchars Junction station for the route over the Tay Bridge to Dundee, the previous Leuchars station being on the line to Tayport.Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Leuchars, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “LEU”, “Leuchars”, “Leuchars (for St. Andrews)”, and “Leuchars Railway Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Athernase Church and Leuchars Castle.
St Athernase Church
Church
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Athernase Church is a Romanesque church located in Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building and remains in use as a Church of Scotland parish church. St Athernase Church is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Leuchars railway station.
Leuchars Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leuchars Castle, was a castle that was located near Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. A motte and bailey castle was built in the 12th century. The town was created a barony in the time of King William the Lion. Leuchars Castle is situated 1 mile north of Leuchars railway station.
Guard Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Guard Bridge is situated 1 mile south of Leuchars railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leuchars and Guardbridge.
Leuchars
Town
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leuchars is a town and parish near the north-east coast of Fife in Scotland. The civil parish has a population of 5,754 and an area of 13,357 acres.
Guardbridge
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Guardbridge is a town in the north-east of Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is approximately 3 miles north-west of St Andrews, and is situated on the estuary of the River Eden, at the junction of the A91 road between St Andrews and Stirling and the A919/A914 road between Leuchars and the Tay Road Bridge.
Balmullo
Village
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balmullo is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is 7 miles from the town of St Andrews and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars. Army base Leuchars Station is also nearby.
Leuchars railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.3748° or 56° 22′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.89386° or 2° 53′ 38″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“LEU”Open location code
9C8V94F4+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 21511529OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Leuchars railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Leuchars”
- Dutch: “Station Leuchars”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ليوتشارس”
- French: “gare de Leuchars”
- French: “Leuchars”
- German: “Bahnhof Leuchars”
- Japanese: “ルーカス駅”
- Scots: “Leuchars railwey station”
- Urdu: “لیوکرز ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Leuchars”
- “Leuchars”
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