Dalmeny railway station
Dalmeny  | |
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Dalmeny railway station in 2009. The Forth Bridge can just be seen in the distance. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Dalmeny |
| Local authority | Edinburgh |
| 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 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DAM |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 0.351 million |
| 2011/12 |
 0.356 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.395 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.436 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.452 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 1 March 1866 | Original station opened by E&GR[1] |
| 5 March 1890 | E&G station closed[1] |
| 28 April 1890 | NBR Forth Bridge station opened[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalmeny from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
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 South Queensferry branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway which opened on 1 March 1866.[1][2] The North British Railway closed the original station on 5 March 1890[1] to be replaced by the existing station at the same time as the opening of the Forth Bridge.[1]
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).[3]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| 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 | ||
| Future services | ||||
| Edinburgh Gateway | Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
North Queensferry | ||
References
Notes
Sources
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- 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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- South Queensferry Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
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