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Council area of Scotland
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Fife (Scottish Gaelic: Fìobha) is a county in the north east of Scotland, with a population in 2024 of about 375,000. It's a lowland peninsula, with the broad Firth of Forth to the south and the smaller Firth of Tay to the north, and great bridges for its gateways. Its name may derive from the Pictish kingdom of Fib. It's not related to the fife musical instrument, which derives from the German Pfeife, a pipe.
By train
LNER daytime trains run from London Kings Cross via Peterborough, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh to Dundee and Aberdeen, stopping at Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Markinch (for Glenrothes) and Leuchars…
By bus
Stagecoach is the main operator. The principal bus routes into Fife are:
By road
From the south cross the Forth on M90 (no toll) and take A823(M) for Dunfermline, A921 for Aberdour and Burtisland, and A92 for Kirkcaldy, Leven, Glenrothes and St Andrews.
Train is quickest along the Fife coast and to Rosyth and Dunfermline.
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