Dalgety Bay railway station

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Dalgety Bay

Scottish Gaelic: Bàgh Dhealgadaidh[1]
National Rail
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LocationDalgety Bay, Fife
Scotland
Coordinates56°02′32″N 3°22′02″W / 56.0423°N 3.3672°W / 56.0423; -3.3672Coordinates: 56°02′32″N 3°22′02″W / 56.0423°N 3.3672°W / 56.0423; -3.3672
Grid referenceNT149841
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDAG
Key dates
2 March 1942Donibristle Halt opened close to Dalgety Bay[2]
1959Donibristle Halt closed
27 March 1998Dalgety Bay opened[3]
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 0.315 million
2017/18Increase 0.323 million
2018/19Decrease 0.306 million
2019/20Decrease 0.272 million
2020/21Decrease 26,088
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dalgety Bay railway station serves the town of Dalgety Bay in Fife, Scotland. Lying on the Fife Circle and Edinburgh to Aberdeen lines, it is managed by Abellio ScotRail. It is currently the nearest railway station to Fordell Firs Camp site, the Scottish national headquarters for The Scout Association in Scotland, part of Scouting in Scotland.

History[]

The station is built close to the former station Donibristle Halt, opened in 1942 [4] (closed 1959) as part of the Aberdour Line by the North British Railway, and named for the Earl of Moray's estate of Donibristle on which it stood. It is also close to the line of the former Fordell Railway, which operated from 1770 to 1946 and passed below the main line to the east of the station.

Facilities[]

The station is unstaffed and has two platforms, connected by a footbridge which is accessible via ramps or steps. The station is equipped with shelters on both platforms, with a self-service ticket machine located in the shelter on Platform 1.

Services[]

2008[]

Services are given in National Rail Timetable 242. There is a basic 30 minute service, with alternate trains serving Kirkcaldy and the Fife Circle route via Cowdenbeath to Edinburgh. Kirkcaldy services are periodically extended to Dundee.[5]

2016[]

The same 30-minute base service remains, but daytime trains all now run beyond Kirkcaldy to Glenrothes with Thornton northbound. One of the two terminates there, whilst the other returns to Edinburgh via Cowdenbeath. In the evening trains run hourly and mostly run to Dundee or Perth, whilst on Sundays they run to Glenrothes & back to Edinburgh.[6]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Inverkeithing   Abellio ScotRail
Fife Circle Line
   Aberdour
  Historical railways  
Inverkeithing   Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
North British Railway
   Aberdour

North British Railway
Rosyth   Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
North British Railway
  

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ http://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf[bare URL]
  3. ^ "New £1.5 million railway station puts public transport links on track". Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  4. ^ http://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf[bare URL]
  5. ^ "Edinburgh ↔ Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Markinch" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  6. ^ Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources[]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.


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