snookertam
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Nothing to do with the HSTs, the timetable has worked like that for many years. Two main reasons as I understand it:.
- Edinburgh to Inverness trains fit into the hourly Edinburgh-Perth pattern between Ladybank and Hilton. If they didn't make the extra stops then the service between Fife and Perth would be very erratic.
- There are plenty of other trains operating between Edinburgh and Dundee, and if the Aberdeens stopped at, say Inverkeithing or Markinch, they would become unnecessarily choked with short distance traffic easily accommodated elsewhere.
Others may have further insight.
No you're basically correct. When they introduced the Edinburgh-Dundee semi fast services they removed the Fife stops from the Aberdeen services - was known at the time as the EFA (Edinburgh-Fife-Aberdeen) timetable changes which were to alleviate overcrowding on the Aberdeen services from (I think) around 2009 onwards. Early morning and late night services still stop in Fife.