Dunbar railway station

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Dunbar

Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bàrr[1]
National Rail
Dunbar Railway Station (geograph 6369071).jpg
Looking north from the reinstated second platform at Dunbar in 2020.
LocationDunbar, East Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates55°59′55″N 2°30′52″W / 55.9985°N 2.5145°W / 55.9985; -2.5145Coordinates: 55°59′55″N 2°30′52″W / 55.9985°N 2.5145°W / 55.9985; -2.5145
Grid referenceNT680784
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDUN
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
16 June 1846Opened[2][3]
Passengers
2015/16Increase 0.453 million
2016/17Decrease 0.449 million
2017/18Increase 0.460 million
2018/19Increase 0.478 million
2019/20Decrease 0.474 million
Listed Building – Category B
Designated11 January 1988
Reference no.LB24857[4]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dunbar railway station serves the town of Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line and is a two platform station. The main platform (One) is located on a loop adjacent to the main through lines. The second platform is on the main northbound line which has officially operated trains stopping there since 15 December 2019. It is 29 miles 5 chains (46.8 km) from Edinburgh Waverley and 364.092 miles (585.950 km) from London King's Cross.[5] Prior to December 2019, the line on which the main platform is located was bi-directional (meaning that trains travelling to/from London or Edinburgh Waverley had to take it in turns to use the station if they were scheduled to stop there). With all Northbound services now using the second platform and no longer using the main platform loop (with the exception of all terminating Scotrail Services from Edinburgh), this now leaves Syston station in Leicester as the only rare example of a single platformed main line railway station used on a major route.

History[]

The station, which was first opened by the North British Railway in June 1846, used to have two platforms and an overall roof.[3] The northbound platform loop line was taken out of use and lifted in the early 1970s, whilst the platform itself and the station roof were both removed during the modernisation and electrification by British Rail of the northern end of the East Coast Main Line in 1987–88.

For approximately five months in 1979, this was the terminal station for a shuttle service to Edinburgh Waverley. The shuttle service was provided after the East Coast Main Line was blocked due to the collapse of Penmanshiel Tunnel. Buses linked Dunbar with Berwick-upon-Tweed, from where rail services to London King's Cross resumed.

Preliminary work into a new second platform began in October 2015.[6] In December 2018, Network Rail announced (via press release) that Amco has been appointed the contractors in the construction of the second platform which started in Summer 2019 and have the works completed by early 2020. Construction of the new platform necessitated a new footbridge with lifts, and improvements to the station carpark were carried out as part of the project. The bridge was completed ahead of schedule and the new platform opened in December 2019.[7][8] Final fitting work and completion of the carpark continued, however it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.[9]

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On 3 January 1898, an express passenger train collided with a freight train that was being shunted. One person was killed and 21 were injured.[10]

Facilities[]

The station is fully staffed, with the ticket office open throughout the week (Monday - Friday 05:55 - 21:30, Saturday 06:25 - 20:40 and Sunday 11:15 - 21:30). Self-service ticket machines are also provided for use outside these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. There are toilets, a payphone and vending machines on the concourse. Train running information is provided by manual announcements, digital CIS displays, a customer help point and timetable posters. Level access is available from the entrance and concourse to the platform.[11]

There are two platforms. The station entrance is to the east, adjacent to the southbound platform. The northbound platform, reinstated in 2019, is accessible via a footbridge with lifts.

Services[]

The station is served by Abellio ScotRail, CrossCountry, London North Eastern Railway and TransPennine Express. It was managed by the InterCity East Coast franchise holder until June 2015 when responsibility was transferred from Virgin Trains East Coast to Abellio ScotRail.[12][13][14]

The daytime service at Dunbar is as follows:

ScotRail[]

ScotRail run a service to/from Edinburgh Waverley every 2 hours which starts and terminates here which call at Musslebrough and Edinburgh Waverley. These services don't operate on Sundays.

LNER[]

LNER provide a limited service at Dunbar, This is as follows, On Monday to Thursdays, There is 4 trains per day south 3 of these go to London Kings Cross while 1 operates to Leeeds, On Friday's There is an extra late night service which terminates at Newcastle. On Saturdays, There is 2 trains per day to London Kings Cross, 1 to Doncaster and 1 to Newcastle. On Sundays, There is 2 trains per day to London Kings Cross, 1 to Doncaster and 1 to Newcastle. There is also 7 trains per day north to Edinburgh 7 days a week.

TransPennine Express[]

TransPennine Express used to provide 1 train per day to Liverpool Lime Street but, as of May 2021, this service is currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2021, the operator announced that they would be introducing a five return trains per weekday semi-fast service between Newcastle and Edinburgh from December 2021, which will mostly call at Dunbar.[15]

CrossCountry[]

CrossCountry provide a 2 hourly service to Edinburgh and Plymouth with some extented to Glasgow Aberdeen and Penzance.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Berwick-upon-Tweed
or Alnmouth or
Newcastle 		  CrossCountry
Cross Country Network 		  Edinburgh Waverley
Berwick-upon-Tweed
or Alnmouth 		  London North Eastern Railway
London-Edinburgh 		  Edinburgh Waverley
Berwick-upon-Tweed   TransPennine Express
North TransPennine
Limited service 		  Edinburgh Waverley
Terminus   Abellio ScotRail
Edinburgh to Dunbar
   Musselburgh
  Historical railways  
Innerwick
Line open; station closed 		  North British Railway
NBR Main Line
   East Linton
Line open; station closed

References[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt (1995)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b RAILSCOT
  4. ^ "STATION ROAD, DUNBAR RAILWAY STATION AND STATION LODGE". Historic Scotland. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ Yonge, John (December 2007) [1987]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 11B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6.
  6. ^ Dunbar Railway Station could get second platform in three years Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine East Lothian Courier news article 8 April 2016; Retrieved 9 February 2017
  7. ^ "Amco awarded Dunbar railway station upgrade contract" (Press release). Network Rail. 12 December 2018. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Second Platform at Dunbar station opened". 30 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. ^ Smith, Claire (3 July 2020). "Covid-19 | Network Rail restarts major projects in Scotland". New Civil Engineer. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ^ Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 9. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
  11. ^ Dunbar station facilities Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine National Rail Enquiries
  12. ^ Regional News Rail issue 788 25 November 2015 page 27
  13. ^ ScotRail Franchise Invitation to Tender Archived 13 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport Scotland 23 January 2014
  14. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "TransPennine Express announces new rail services for Northumberland". International Railway Reviews. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

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.
  • Scotrail timetables: Glasgow - Edinburgh - North Berwick & Dunbar
  • "RAILSCOT - Dunbar station gallery". Retrieved 21 November 2008.

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