Dalmeny railway station

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Dalmeny

Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Mheinidh[1]
National Rail
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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.
LocationDalmeny, Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates55°59′10″N 3°22′53″W / 55.9862°N 3.3815°W / 55.9862; -3.3815Coordinates: 55°59′10″N 3°22′53″W / 55.9862°N 3.3815°W / 55.9862; -3.3815
Grid referenceNT139778
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDAM
History
Original companyEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 March 1866Original station opened by E&GR[2]
5 March 1890E&G station closed[2]
28 April 1890NBR Forth Bridge station opened[2]
Passengers
2016/17Increase 0.533 million
2017/18Increase 0.586 million
2018/19Increase 0.606 million
2019/20Decrease 0.573 million
2020/21Decrease 88,890
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 National Rail National Rail Following station
Edinburgh Gateway
or South Gyle 		  Abellio ScotRail
Fife Circle Line
   North Queensferry
Linlithgow   Abellio ScotRail
To Glasgow - Edinburgh Line 		 
  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
  
Kirkliston
Line and station closed 		  North British Railway
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
   To NBR Forth Bridge Lines

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Butt (1995), p. 76
  3. ^ RAILSCOT
  4. ^ Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources[]

  • 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
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