Dunbar railway station

Dunbar
Location
Place	Dunbar
Local authority	East Lothian
Coordinates	55.998°N 2.513°W / 55.998; -2.513
Operations
Station code	DUN
Managed by	East Coast
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.266 million
2005/06 *	0.288 million
2006/07 *	0.299 million
2007/08 *	0.332 million
2008/09 *	0.349 million
History
Original company	North British Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
16 June 1846	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunbar from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Dunbar railway station serves the 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.

History

The station used to have two platforms, along with an overall roof, although the second platform and the roof have been demolished.

For approximately five 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.

Services

The station is served by First ScotRail and CrossCountry and to some degree by East Coast. It is managed by East Coast and as is noteworthy as being one of only two National Rail stations in Scotland not to be managed either by First ScotRail or Network Rail, the other being Glasgow Prestwick Airport railway station. The station is served mainly by CrossCountry trains on the Plymouth to Edinburgh route (with projections to/from Dundee, Aberdeen or Glasgow Central). These trains serve Dunbar at roughly two-hourly intervals throughout the day. East Coast services call at Dunbar in the Morning and Evening peaks on Monday to Saturday and four times on Sunday. First ScotRail also provides some weekday services to Edinburgh. These services were introduced in the May 2010 timetable to enhance services at Dunbar.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Berwick-upon-Tweed		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Edinburgh Waverley
Berwick-upon-Tweed		East Coast East Coast Main Line		Edinburgh Waverley
Terminus		First ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunbar		Musselburgh
	Historical railways
Innerwick Line open; station closed		North British Railway NBR Main Line		East Linton Line open; station closed

References

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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• RAILSCOT on North British Railway Main Line
• "RAILSCOT - Dunbar station gallery". http://ccgi.ewanbeth.force9.co.uk/cgi-bin/images/location.php?loc=Dunbar. Retrieved 2008-11-21.