Scotrail: Advice on Fife Circle less busy trains

[GaryBrown156]

Hello

In a few days time I will going on a family holiday to Dunfermline which we are all really looking forward to,

I was wondering if anyone could advise me please about the "Fife Circle services", more specifically about which services are likely to be the busiest and which the quietest,
my reason for enquiring is that I have an Autistic relative who will be coming with us and he tends to get very anxious if the train is extremely busy, so we would like to avoid those services if possible, if we know in advance we can plan our excursions accordingly.
During our trip we are planning on visiting: Burntisland, Aberdour, Kirkcaldy, North Queensferry and Dalmeny, all from and returning to Dunfermline,
ideally we would like to depart Dunfermline in the morning but I know that these services can be busy so we can be flexible if necessary.
If anyone could advise me on the best times to travel to avoid the busiest trains i would be extremely gratefully and very much appreciate it.

Thanks
Gary

 

[GW43125]

Circular services tend to vary depending on the time of day, they are often packed in one direction and dead in the other.

For example, the evening full circled class 68 diagram (17:07 Edinburgh-Glenrothes via Cardenden and 18:14 Glenrothes-Edinburgh via kirkcaldy) is usually packed leaving Haymarket, but by the time it gets to Cardenden on the way out it's practically dead. I had a carriage to myself from Kirkcaldy.

Hope this is of use.