Link Leven & St Andrews projects
09/10/21
Although
both branches closed in the same year the cases are
exact opposites. Leven is not a wealthy area and
needs the train so that residents can travel out to
employment. St Andrews is comparatively affluent but
needs the train to bring people in, particularly
tourists and students. And Leven has the great
advantage of most of its track being intact, whereas
the St Andrews line was ripped up in a 'scorched
earth' extercise a mere 6 months after closure. It
makes sense, therefore, to combine the two into one
large project to speed up both re-openings, using the
name of St Andrews to raise the profile of
Leven.