Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line

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The Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with Aberdeen via the Forth Bridge, the Tay Bridge and Dundee. Also it serves as an extension to the East Coast Main Line and the Cross Country Route. Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail, Virgin Trains (Cross-County) and GNER.

The route from Edinburgh is also that of the Fife Circle Line as far as Markinch.

[edit] Route in detail

Place Station Ordnance Survey
grid reference		 Notes
Edinburgh Edinburgh Waverley NT257738 East Coast Main Line and Cross Country Route services join the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line at Waverly
See Edinburgh Waverley station for other lines
Edinburgh (Haymarket) Haymarket NT239731 See Haymarket station for other lines
Edinburgh (South Gyle) South Gyle NT189722 Local services only
Edinburgh (Dalmeny) Dalmeny NT138779 Local services only
Forth Bridge None NT135792
North Queensferry North Queensferry NT131808
Inverkeithing Inverkeithing NT131833 Fife Circle Line connection
Dalgety Bay Dalgety Bay NT149840 Local services only
Aberdour Aberdour NT190854 Local services only
Burntisland Burntisland NT232856 Local services only
Kinghorn Kinghorn NT269868 Local services only
Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy NT275916
Markinch Markinch NO299015 Fife Circle Line connection
Ladybank Ladybank NO306096 Tay Coast Line connection for Perth
Springfield Springfield NO349119
Cupar Cupar NO376143
Leuchars
and St Andrews		 Leuchars NO449206
Tay Bridge None NO391277
Dundee Dundee NO402298 Tay Coast Line connection for Perth
Dundee (Broughty Ferry) Broughty Ferry NO462309
Monifieth (Balmossie) Balmossie NO484317
Monifieth Monifieth NO497322
Carnoustie Barry Links NO542337
Carnoustie Golf Street NO557342
Carnoustie Carnoustie NO566345
Arbroath Arbroath NO638409
Montrose Montrose NO711579
Stonehaven Stonehaven NO863861
Portlethen Portlethen NO923967
Aberdeen Aberdeen NJ941058 Aberdeen to Inverness Line connection
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Railway lines in Scotland
Main lines: East Coast - West Coast - Ayrshire Coast - Glasgow-Dundee (via Perth) - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Carstairs) - Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Falkirk) - Edinburgh-Aberdeen - Glasgow South Western - Highland
Glasgow commuter
lines:		 █ Argyle - █ Ayrshire Coast - █ Cathcart Circle - █ Croy - █ Cumbernauld - █ Inverclyde - █ Maryhill - █ Motherwell-Cumbernauld - █ North Clyde - █ Paisley Canal - █ Shotts - █ South Western - █ Whifflet
Edinburgh commuter
lines:		 █ Bathgate - █ Crossrail - █ Dunblane - █ Fife Circle - █ North Berwick - █ Shotts
Rural lines: Aberdeen-Inverness - Far North - Kyle of Lochalsh - Tay Coast - West Highland
Future lines: Waverley - Airdrie to Bathgate - Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link - Edinburgh Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Airport Rail Link - Glasgow Crossrail
Historical Scottish Railway Companies: Ardrossan Railway - Annbank to Cronberry - Ayr and Dalmellington - Ayr to Mauchline - Bathgate and Coatbridge - Bridge of Weir Railway - Busby Railway - Callander and Oban - Cathcart District - City Union - Clydesdale Junction - Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead - Crieff & Methven - Crieff Junction - Darvel Branch - Dunblane, Doune & Callander - Edinburgh and Glasgow - Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction - General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour - Glasgow and Paisley Joint - Glasgow and Garnkirk - Glasgow and Renfrew District - Glasgow Central Railway - Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint - Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh - Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle - Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr - Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock - Greenock and Ayrshire - Invergarry and Fort Augustus - Kilbarchan Loop - Killin Railway - Kilmarnock and Troon - Kincardine Line - Lanarkshire and Ayrshire - Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire - Maidens and Dunure - Mallaig Extension - Morayshire Railway - Paisley and Renfrew - Perth, Almond Valley & Methven - Polloc and Govan - Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint - Rutherglen and Coatbridge - Scottish Central Railway - Stirling and Dunfermline - Sutherland and Caithness - West Highland Railway - Wick and Lybster
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