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This line ran through an area which is now largely farmed. There were large numbers of coal mines around Kelty which the line and its branches served.
From Cowdenbeath to Kinross.
The line started from a south facing junction here with the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway). It ran north and west to Kelty.
The line also ran from a north-east facing junction here with the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway). It ran north and west to Kelty.
This was the north junction of a triangular junction with the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway) where the forks for Dunfermline and Thornton joined.
This was a north facing junction. A line ran south to Cowdenbeath by the Cowdenbeath Loop which was a new line opened when the Forth Bridge was opened and lines were improved including the construction of the Glenfarg Line which greatly improved the Edinburgh-Perth Journey time.
The original route ran south and a little east to a triangular junction with the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway) at Lumphinans just to the eat of Cowdenbeath.
Kelty station had an extensive marshalling yard immediately by it. The site has been landscaped and little remains except an electricty substation which served a nearby mine.
At the north end of Kelty station lines ran from a south facing junction west to various coalpits, north to Kinross and east to Westfield by Ballingry. This was extended east past Kinglassie Colliery and on to Redford Junction at Thornton, a junction with the Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway). The section west from Westfield to Redford Junction is the only remaining part of the whole Kinross-shire system still open. It carries coal from Westfield opencast for (at the time of writing May 2005) Cockenzie Powerstation by Longniddry.
This station was an early closure.
These platforms were close by Loch Leven and were used when curling events were being held on the loch.
This was the first northern terminus, called Kinross, of the line until it was extended north to Hopefield. The station building here still stand in use as houses.
This was a north facing junction with the Devon Valley Railway immediately to the south of Kinross station.
This station, formerly called Hopefield, was the western terminus of the Fife and Kinross Railway. Very little remains of the station today.