Dunbar railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Dunbar | ||
| Local authority | East Lothian | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | DUN | ||
| Managed by | NXEC | ||
| Platforms in use | 1 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.266 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.288 million | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunbar from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Dunbar railway station serves the small town of Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line and is a single platform station. The platform is located on a loop adjacent to the main through lines.
The station is served by National Express East Coast and CrossCountry. It is managed by National Express East Coast and as is noteworthy as being the only National Rail station in Scotland not to be managed either by First Scotrail or Network Rail. It is also one of few railway stations in Scotland not to be served by First Scotrail.
The station is served mainly by CrossCountry trains on the Bournemouth to Edinburgh route (with projections to/from Dundee/Aberdeen or Glasgow Central). These trains serve Dunbar at roughly two-hourly intervals throughout the day. Crosscountry also operate an early morning departure to Glasgow Central together with a late night return.
A limited number of National Express East Coast services also stop at Dunbar on the main London to Edinburgh route. Some trains continue to either Dundee/Aberdeen or Glasgow Central.
For approximately 5 months in 1979, this was the terminal station for a shuttle service to Edinburgh Waverley. The shuttle service was provided after the East Coast Main Line was blocked due to the collapse of Penmanshiel Tunnel. Buses linked Dunbar with Berwick-on-Tweed, from where rail services to London Kings Cross resumed.
[edit] Services
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Berwick-upon-Tweed | CrossCountry Plymouth - Edinburgh Waverley |
Edinburgh Waverley | ||
| National Express East Coast East Coast Main Line |
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| Historical Railways | ||||
| Innerwick Line open; station closed |
North British Railway | East Linton Line open; station closed |
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[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Dunbar railway station from National Rail
[edit] 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
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