Cupar railway station
Cupar 
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Cupar railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Cupar |
| Local authority | Fife |
| Coordinates | 56°19′03″N 3°00′31″W / 56.3174°N 3.0087°WCoordinates: 56°19′03″N 3°00′31″W / 56.3174°N 3.0087°W |
| Grid reference | NO376143 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CUP |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.197 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.191 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.194 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.199 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.212 million |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cupar from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Cupar railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one (for trains to Edinburgh) is now wheelchair accessible. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail and CrossCountry.
The station was opened by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway in 1847 as the temporary northern terminus of the Tayport branch of their route along the Fife Coast. The line northwards to Tayport (for the ferry link to Dundee) was completed in 1850 and through running to Dundee over the first Tay Bridge began in 1878.
CrossCountry: CrossCountry operate three daily (Mon-Sat) services out of Dundee, calling at Cupar. Two of these are through trains to Plymouth via Leeds & Birmingham New Street, one of which continues to Penzance. The other is a late evening train that terminates at Edinburgh.
They also operate two northbound services to Dundee, one of which continues through to Aberdeen.
ScotRail:
1 tph to Edinburgh via Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing and Haymarket.
3 tpd to Inverurie via Leuchars, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Stonehaven, Aberdeen and Dyce. 1 tpd extended to Inverness in the evening (connections are otherwise available at Dundee).
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