Dalmeny railway station

Dalmeny
Dalmeny railway station in 1973
Location
Place	Dalmeny
Local authority	Edinburgh
Coordinates	55°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
Operations
Station code	DAM
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.166 million
2005/06 *	0.361 million
2006/07 *	0.371 million
2007/08 *	0.387 million
2008/09 *	0.401 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]
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalmeny from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Dalmeny railway station is a railway station serving Dalmeny at the east end of South Queensferry, about 10 km west of Edinburgh city centre. It is on the Fife Circle Line, located just south of the Forth Bridge. A new station is planned south-east of here at Gogar.

History

The current station is the second to service 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

2009

The majority of trains calling at the station 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 little used line to Winchburgh Junction.

Winter 2010/11 (From 12 December 2010)

The majority of trains calling at the station 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 little used line to Winchburgh Junction. The winter 2010/11 timetable extends the majority of the Fife Circle Line services to Newcraighall (at the south east end of the Edinburgh Crossrail).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
South Gyle		First ScotRail Fife Circle Line		North Queensferry
Linlithgow		First 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. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Butt (1995), page 76
2. ^ RAILSCOT

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. 
• South Queensferry Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

Railway stations in Edinburgh
Commuter lines: █ North Clyde Line • █ Crossrail • █ Dunblane • █ Fife Circle • █ North Berwick • █ Shotts
Stations: Brunstane • Curriehill • Dalmeny • Edinburgh Park • Haymarket • Kingsknowe • Newcraighall • Slateford • South Gyle • Waverley • Wester Hailes
Future stations: Gogar • Shawfair
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