Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station

Dunfermline Queen Margaret National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain Banrigh Mairead[1]
A view looking west towards Dunfermline Town station
Location
Place Dunfermline
Local authority Fife
Coordinates 56°04′49″N 3°25′17″W / 56.0803°N 3.4214°W / 56.0803; -3.4214Coordinates: 56°04′49″N 3°25′17″W / 56.0803°N 3.4214°W / 56.0803; -3.4214
Grid reference NT116883
Operations
Station code DFL
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 0.206 million
2013/14 Increase 0.209 million
2014/15 Increase 0.224 million
2015/16 Increase 0.251 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.237 million
History
Original company Railtrack
26 January 2000 Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunfermline Queen Margaret from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station is a railway station in the town of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 18 1⁄2 miles (29.8 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley. The station takes its name from the nearby Queen Margaret Hospital. It is the longest railway station name in Scotland.

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 (where the now closed Stirling and Dunfermline Railway to Stirling via Alloa diverged), and serves the eastern side of Dunfermline.[2] Passengers can only purchase tickets using a machine at the station. There is no ticket office or newsagents and only a small covered waiting area, although there is a fairly large car park with 93 spaces and two electric vehicle charging points.

Services

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.

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.

2016

There is a half-hourly service to/from Edinburgh (southbound) & Cowdenbeath (northbound) with hourly extensions to Glenrothes with Thornton and back along the coast. An hourly service operates in the evening (to Glenrothes only) and on Sundays (full circular service northbound).[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Dunfermline Town   Abellio ScotRail
Fife Circle Line
   Cowdenbeath

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ↑ RAILSCOT
  3. ↑ Table 242 National Rail timetable, December 2016

Sources

  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • RAILSCOT on Dunfermline Branch of Edinburgh and Northern Railway


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