The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one (for trains to Edinburgh) is now wheelchair accessible.

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.

The weekday service is as follows:[4] CrossCountry: Scotrail: Sunday services operate every two hours each way to Edinburgh & Dundee, with some extra evening trains.

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