Dunblane railway station

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Dunblane
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Location
Place Dunblane
Local authority Stirling
Operations
Station code DBL
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 3
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 399,451
History
Original company Scottish Central Railway and Dunblane, Doune & Callander Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunblane from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Dunblane railway station serves the town of Dunblane in the central Scotland.

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[edit] Facilities

It has three platforms, one which serves as a terminus for trains from Glasgow (Queen Street) and Edinburgh, one which serves trains heading north to Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness. The last of the three platforms serves trains heading to Glasgow and Edinburgh, including those that terminate at Dunblane (which travel up the northbound track to the signal box, before heading back down into the station). The signal box in question now operates only the points and signals at Dunblane station.

The station is staffed by one person who runs the ticket office and does most jobs around the station. Several plants have been placed around the station by a voluntary group known as 'Dunblane in Bloom'.

  • Passenger information system
  • Automatic ticket machine (on Platform 1)
  • Ticket office and waiting room (Mondays - Saturdays, a.m.)
  • CCTV
  • Waiting shelters and benches
  • Limited car parking
  • Help point

[edit] Services

The train operating company that serves Dunblane station is First ScotRail. Trains generally leave for Edinburgh at 28 and 58 minutes past the hour, and for Glasgow Queen Street at 14 minutes past the hour, though this is supplemented by trains from the north.

Three trains from Glasgow Queen Street to Inverness, 235 km (146 miles) away, stop at Dunblane and four Glasgow to Aberdeen trains per day stop there also.

Additionally, on Sundays only, the National Express East Coast service from Inverness to London Kings Cross stops at Dunblane.


  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Bridge of Allan   First ScotRail

Edinburgh–Dunblane Line

   Gleneagles
Bridge of Allan   First ScotRail

Croy Line

   Terminus
Stirling   First ScotRail
Highland Caledonian Sleeper		   Gleneagles
Historical Railways
Bridge of Allan
Line and Station open		   Scottish Central Railway

Caledonian Railway

   Kinbuck
Line open; Station closed
Terminus   Dunblane, Doune & Callander Railway

Caledonian Railway

   Doune
Line and Station closed


[edit] Train types

First ScotRail trains serving Dunblane are all DMU units. These consist mainly of Class 158 and Class 170 sets. Some services are still operated by a Class 156. The only exception to this is the Caledonian Sleeper service from Inverness to London Euston, which is a loco hauled rake of Mk2 and Mk3 coaches.

National Express East Coast trains that pass through the station and stop on a Sunday southbound are HST sets, made up of a pair of Class 43 power cars and nine Mk3 coaches.

[edit] Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway

Dunblane used to be a junction where the present line and the Dunblane, Doune & Callander Railway diverged. This connected at Callander to the Callander and Oban Railway. The line was axed in the Beeching cuts, being formally closed on 5 November 1965.

Parts of the trackbed from near Dunblane to Doune and from Callander to Killin are now cycle paths.

[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.