- Dalgety Bay railway station
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Dalgety Bay 
Location Place Dalgety Bay Local authority Fife Operations Station code DAG Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.239 million 2005/06 * 0.247 million 2006/07 * 0.269 million 2007/08 * 0.271 million 2008/09 * 0.273 million History 2 June 1890 Donibristle Halt opened close to Dalgety Bay[1] 1959 Donibristle Halt closed 27 March 1998 Opened[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 Dalgety Bay from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Dalgety Bay railway station serves the town of Dalgety Bay in Fife, Scotland. Lying on the Fife Circle and Edinburgh to Aberdeen lines, it is managed by First ScotRail. It is currently the nearest railway station to Fordell Firs Camp site, the Scottish national headquarters for The Scout Association in Scotland, part of Scouting in Scotland.
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History
The station is built close to the former station Donibristle Halt, opened in 1890 as part of the Aberdour Line by the North British Railway, and named for the Earl of Moray's estate of Donibristle on which it stood.
Facilities
In 2008, the station has two platforms and is unstaffed. The station is equipped with shelters on both platforms, with a self-service ticket machine located on the shelter in platform 1. A footbridge connects the platforms.
Services
2008
Services are given in National Rail Timetable 242. There is a basic 30 minute service, with alternate trains serving Kirkcaldy and the Fife Circle route via Cowdenbeath to Edinburgh. Kirkcaldy services are periodically extended to Dundee.[3]
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Inverkeithing First ScotRail
Edinburgh to Aberdeen LineAberdour Historical railways Inverkeithing Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
Aberdour
Aberdour Line
Rosyth Halt Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
References
Notes
- ^ "RAILSCOT on Aberdour Line". http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Aberdour_Line/frame.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "New £1.5 million railway station puts public transport links on track". https://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/1998/03/b2f08826-bbc1-4458-8151-3d3278e3296f. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Edinburgh ↔ Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Markinch". http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec07/timetables/Table242.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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.
External links
- Train times and station information for Dalgety Bay railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 56°02′32″N 3°22′04″W / 56.04222°N 3.36778°W
Categories:- Railway stations in Fife
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
- Former London and North Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1942
- Railway stations opened in 1959
- Railway stations opened by Railtrack
- Railway stations opened in 1998
- Scotland railway station stubs
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