- Dunbar railway station
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Dunbar 
Location Place Dunbar Local authority East Lothian Coordinates 55°59′53″N 2°30′47″W / 55.998°N 2.513°WCoordinates: 55°59′53″N 2°30′47″W / 55.998°N 2.513°W Operations Station code DUN Managed by East Coast Number of platforms 1 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.266 million 2005/06 * 0.288 million 2006/07 * 0.299 million 2007/08 * 0.332 million 2008/09 * 0.349 million History Original company North British Railway Pre-grouping North British Railway Post-grouping LNER 16 June 1846 Opened[1][2] National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunbar from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Dunbar railway station serves the town of Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line and is a single platform station. The platform is located on a loop adjacent to the main through lines.
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History
The station used to have two platforms, along with an overall roof, although the second platform and the roof have been demolished.[2]
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-on-Tweed, from where rail services to London Kings Cross resumed.
Services
The station is served by First ScotRail and CrossCountry and to some degree by East Coast. It is managed by East Coast and as is noteworthy as being one of only two National Rail stations in Scotland not to be managed either by First ScotRail or Network Rail, the other being Glasgow Prestwick Airport railway station. The station is served mainly by CrossCountry trains on the Plymouth to Edinburgh route (with projections to/from Dundee, Aberdeen or Glasgow Central). These trains serve Dunbar at roughly two-hourly intervals throughout the day. East Coast services call at Dunbar in the Morning and Evening peaks on Monday to Saturday and four times on Sunday. First ScotRail also provides some weekday services to Edinburgh. These services were introduced in the May 2010 timetable to enhance services at Dunbar.[3]
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Berwick-upon-Tweed CrossCountry
Cross Country NetworkEdinburgh Waverley Berwick-upon-Tweed East Coast
East Coast Main LineEdinburgh Waverley Terminus First ScotRail
Edinburgh to DunbarMusselburgh Historical railways Innerwick
Line open; station closedNorth British Railway
NBR Main Line
East Linton
Line open; station closedReferences
Notes
- ^ Butt (1995)
- ^ a b RAILSCOT
- ^ http://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/files/10North%20Berwick.web.pdf
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 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.
- RAILSCOT on North British Railway Main Line
- "RAILSCOT - Dunbar station gallery". http://ccgi.ewanbeth.force9.co.uk/cgi-bin/images/location.php?loc=Dunbar. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
Categories:- Railway stations in East Lothian
- Former North British Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1846
- Railway stations served by CrossCountry
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
- Scotland railway station stubs
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