- Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station
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Dunfermline Queen Margaret 
A view looking west towards Dunfermline Town station Location Place Dunfermline Local authority Fife Coordinates 56°04′52″N 3°25′16″W / 56.081°N 3.421°WCoordinates: 56°04′52″N 3°25′16″W / 56.081°N 3.421°W Operations Station code DFL Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.195 million 2005/06 * 
0.206 million2006/07 * 0.211 million2007/08 * 
0.202 million2008/09 * 0.665 millionHistory Original company ScotRail / Railtrack January 2000 Opened 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 Dunfermline Queen Margaret from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. For other uses, see Dunfermline railway station (disambiguation).Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station is a railway station in the town of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line 30 km (18½ miles) north of Edinburgh Waverley. The station takes its name from the nearby Queen Margaret Hospital. It is the longest railway station name in Scotland.
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History
The station was opened on 26 January 2000 by Railtrack and the former National Express franchisee -ScotRail. It is located at the east side of the former triangular junction formed by Touch North, Touch South and Townhill Junctions, and serves the eastern side of Dunfermline.[1] Passengers can only purchase tickets using a machine at the station. There is no ticket office or newsagents, although there is a fairly large car park with 93 spaces.
Services
2011
On Mondays to Saturdays during the daytime, there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Dunfermline centre (continuing on to Edinburgh Waverley), and a half-hourly service eastbound round the Fife Circle through Kirkcaldy, eventually coming back to Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings the service is hourly in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.
2007
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh and an hourly service northbound towards Kirkcaldy (and back to Edinburgh) on the Fife Circle Line.
Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Dunfermline Town First ScotRail
Cowdenbeath References
Notes
- ^ RAILSCOT
Sources
- 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.
- RAILSCOT on Dunfermline Branch of Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Categories:- Railway stations in Dunfermline
- Railway stations opened by Railtrack
- Railway stations opened in 2000
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
- Scotland railway station stubs
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