The line opened on 1 June 1887.In Hajducki et al, The St Andrews Railway, the date is erroneously given as 1 July; this is corrected in the same authors' book, The Leven and East of Fife Railway in a footnote on page 100. The new St Andrews station had an island platform and a passing loop, but being in a deep cutting, if had no other trackage. Goods facilities were provided at the old St Andrews Railway station, now renamed St Andrews Links (or sometimes St Andrews Old), while the new station was named St Andrews (New). The two stations were 616 yards apart.
