Dunfermline Town railway station

For other uses, see Dunfermline railway station (disambiguation).

Dunfermline Town
St Margaret's Drive entrance
Location
Place	Dunfermline
Local authority	Fife
Coordinates	56°04′05″N 3°27′11″W / 56.068°N 3.453°W / 56.068; -3.453Coordinates: 56°04′05″N 3°27′11″W / 56.068°N 3.453°W / 56.068; -3.453
Operations
Station code	DFE
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.569 million
2005/06 *	0.604 million
2006/07 *	0.632 million
2007/08 *	0.638 million
2008/09 *	0.221 million
History
Original company	Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
5 March 1890	Opened as Dunfermline Lower[1]
1968?	Renamed as Dunfermline
January 2000?	Renamed as Dunfermline Town
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunfermline Town from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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[v · d · e]Railways in and around Dunfermline

Legend Kincardine Line Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Charlestown (CR)  Torryburn Line Junction Netherton Goods (CR)  Charlestown Branch Junction  Dunfermline Lower (D&QR)  Dunfermline Upper (S&DR/E&NR) Townhill Junctions Dunfermline Queen Margaret Rosyth (D&QR)  Halbeath (E&NR) Dunfermline and Edinburgh and Northern Railway Queensferry Railway Railways: CR - Charlestown Railway (NBR) D&QR - Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway (NBR) E&NR - Dunfermline Branch of Edinburgh and Northern Railway (NBR) KL - Kincardine Line (NBR) S&DR - Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (NBR)

Dunfermline Town 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 27 km (17 mi) north of Edinburgh Waverley.

History

The station was opened by Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway on 5 March 1890.^[1]

Station facilities

The station can be accessed from St. Margaret's Drive. The station building is on the northbound platform. In the building is a ticket office, a toilet (accessed by key) and a kiosk. There is a public phone at the entrance and there are waiting rooms on both platforms. The platforms are connected by a ramped subway. There is a taxi rank at the main entrance. CCTV is in operation.

Train services

2011

On Mondays to Saturdays during the daytime, there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh Waverley, and a half-hourly service northbound 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. There is also a daily service to and from Perth via Markinch.

Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rosyth		First ScotRail Fife Circle Line		Dunfermline Queen Margaret
	Historical railways
Rosyth Line and station open		North British Railway  Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway and Dunfermline Branch of E&NR		Halbeath Line open; station closed
		North British Railway  Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway and Dunfermline Branch of E&NR		Dunfermline Upper Line and station closed
Cairneyhill Line open; station closed		North British Railway  Kincardine Line		Terminus
Charlestown Line and station closed		North British Railway  Charlestown Railway		Terminus

Bus services

• D3/D4 (Dunfermline - Duloch Park - Pitcorthie)
• 7 (Dunfermline - Kirkcaldy - Leven)
• 55 (Dunfermline - Inverkeithing - Edinburgh)
• 72 (Dunfermline outer circular (Townhill - Abbeyview - Duloch Park - QMH - Halbeath - Townhill)) (Partly replaces D7)
• 73 (Townhill - Dunfermline - Abbeyview - Duloch Park - Rosyth - Inverkeithing - Ferrytoll) (Partly replaces D7)
• 75 (Dunfermline inner circle (James St - Touch - Abberyview - St Leonards - James St ))
• 79 (Kelty - Dunfermline - Dalgety Bay)
• 80 (Dunfermline - Dalgety Bay)
• Various express routes (to / from Edinburgh and Dundee)

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Butt (1995), page 85

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 Charlestown Railway
• RAILSCOT on Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
• RAILSCOT on Dunfermline Branch of Edinburgh and Northern Railway
• Dunfermline Town station on navigable OS map