Cowdenbeath Railway Station is the name of both a town in Fife Circle Line Scotland and a railway station in that town featured in Train Sim World. The town’s name comes from the surname Cowden or Colden, and the parish name Beath, which comes from the Gaelic word beith meaning birch.
Explanation
- Cowdenbeath railway station
- Located in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland
- Managed by ScotRail
- On the Fife Circle Line, 22.5 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley
- Opened on June 2, 1890
- Has two platforms and is accessible by two ramps from High Street or Station Road
- Has a footbridge connecting the platforms
- Has a ticket office in the waiting room and an automatic ticket machine outside
- Cowdenbeath Old railway station
- Opened on September 4, 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway
- Closed on March 31, 1919, though it remained open to miners
- The name was changed to Cowdenbeath Old on June 1, 1890, the day before the new station opened
Cowdenbeath Station Location
Cowdenbeath, Scotland
