Dalmeny railway station
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![]() Dalmeny railway station in 2009, tracks towards the Forth Bridge visible behind its entry arch, the Forth Road Bridge is to the left. | |
Location | Dalmeny, Edinburgh Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°59′10″N 3°22′53″W / 55.9862°N 3.3815°WCoordinates: 55°59′10″N 3°22′53″W / 55.9862°N 3.3815°W |
Grid reference | NT139778 |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | DAM |
History | |
Original company | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
1 March 1866 | Original station opened by E&GR[2] |
5 March 1890 | E&G station closed[2] |
28 April 1890 | NBR Forth Bridge station opened[2] |
Passengers | |
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Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Dalmeny railway station is a railway station serving the towns of Dalmeny and South Queensferry, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Edinburgh city centre. It is on the Fife Circle Line, located just south of the Forth Bridge.
History[]
The current station is the second to serve the town. The first station was on the Port Edgar branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway which opened on 1 March 1866.[2][3] The North British Railway closed the original station on 5 March 1890[2] to be replaced by the existing station at the same time as the opening of the Forth Bridge.[2]
Services[]
The majority of trains calling at the station (4 per hour each way Mon-Sat, 2 per hour on Sundays) are part of the Fife Circle Line services, however there is a daily service between Glasgow Queen Street and Kirkcaldy that calls here and uses the line to Winchburgh Junction. The winter 2010/11 timetable extended the majority of the Fife Circle Line services to Newcraighall (at the south east end of the Edinburgh Crossrail), but since September 2015, only a few do so (working to/from Tweedbank at peak periods).[4]
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Edinburgh Gateway or South Gyle |
Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
North Queensferry | ||
Linlithgow | Abellio ScotRail To Glasgow - Edinburgh Line |
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Historical railways | ||||
Turnhouse Line open; station closed |
North British Railway NBR Forth Bridge Lines |
North Queensferry Line and station open | ||
Philipstoun Line open; station closed |
North British Railway NBR Forth Bridge Lines |
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Kirkliston Line and station closed |
North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
To NBR Forth Bridge Lines |
References[]
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Sources[]
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- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- South Queensferry Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
- Railway stations in Edinburgh
- Former Forth Bridge Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1890
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1890
- Railway stations served by Abellio ScotRail
- Category B listed buildings in Edinburgh