MP praises progress with Levenmouth Rail Link

Glenrothes & Central Fife MP Peter Grant says he is impressed with progress on the £116 million Levenmouth Rail Link, which is on schedule for opening in spring 2024.

The local MP visited the site of the new Cameron Bridge station and learned how construction compounds are being set up to prepare for serious tracklaying on the five-mile route. The first short section has already been laid at Thornton Junction.

Grant told his audience: “While I was leader of Fife Council, the authority accepted my recommendation that restoring the Levenmouth Rail Link was our number one public transport priority.

“It’s taken a long time, but with cross-party support the Scottish Government confirmed in 2019 that the rail link would reopen.”

Strengthening of the Bawbee bridge over the river Leven will get under way later this year, subject to a diversionary route being agreed.