Edinburgh–Dunblane line

Edinburgh–Dunblane line
Overview
System National Rail
Locale Edinburgh
Falkirk
Stirling
Scotland
Operation
Owner National Rail
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Edinburgh–
Dunblane line
 Up arrow Highland Main Line
 Dunblane
 Bridge of Allan
Right arrow
Kincardine Line
to Alloa
 Stirling
 Larbert
Left arrow
Cumbernauld Line
and Croy Line
 Camelon
 Falkirk Grahamston
Left arrow
Glasgow–Edinburgh
via Falkirk line
 Polmont
Right arrow Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
 Linlithgow
Left arrow North Clyde Line
 Edinburgh Park Edinburgh Trams
Right arrow Edinburgh–Aberdeen line
Left arrow
Glasgow–Edinburgh via Shotts line
and West Coast Main Line
 Haymarket Edinburgh Trams
Edinburgh Waverley
Edinburgh Trams St Andrew Square
Left arrow Borders Railway
 Down arrow
North Berwick Line and
East Coast Main Line

The Edinburgh–Dunblane line is a railway line in East Central Scotland. It links the city of Edinburgh via Falkirk to the city of Stirling, Lecropt (from Bridge of Allan) and the town of Dunblane. At Edinburgh Park this line joins the Edinburgh Crossrail line.

Service provision

Connections to other services

This line connects into other services in several locations:

Provided by First ScotRail (from 2004 to 2015)

The services on this line were run by First ScotRail, now run by Abellio Scotrail. The vast majority of services are worked by Class 158 and Class 170 DMUs, with some services being provided by Class 156s. The Polmont–Dunblane section of the route is due to be electrified by 2018, when new EMUs will take over the operation of most services. This is part of the rolling programme of electrification in Scotland.

History

The route built in several stages:

Electrification

The line is currently being electrified as part of the rolling programme of electrification in Scotland's Central Belt. [1] [2]

Sources

  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • 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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs, ed. British Rail Track Diagams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0948-6.
  • Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (2nd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0995-8.
  • Yonge, John (April 1996). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (3rd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 1-8983-1919-7.
  • Yonge, John (2007). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (Quail Track Plans) (fifth ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co). ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6. OCLC 79435248.

References

  1. ↑ "Electrification programme". www.transport.gov.scot. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  2. ↑ "Alloa line reopens after electrification works". www.railtechnologymagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.


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