Dunfermline Town railway station
Dunfermline Town  |
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| St Margaret's Drive entrance | |
| Location | |
| Place | Dunfermline |
| Local authority | Fife |
| Coordinates | 56°04′05″N 3°27′11″W / 56.068°N 3.453°WCoordinates: 56°04′05″N 3°27′11″W / 56.068°N 3.453°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DFE |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.569 million |
| 2005/06 * |  0.604 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.632 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.638 million |
| 2008/09 * |  0.221 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 5 March 1890 | Opened as Dunfermline Lower[1] |
| 1968? | Renamed as Dunfermline |
| January 2000? | Renamed as Dunfermline Town |
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| 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 Dunfermline Town from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dunfermline Town railway station is a railway station in the town of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line 27 km (17 mi) north of Edinburgh Waverley.
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[edit] History
The station was opened by Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway on 5 March 1890.[1]
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[edit] Station facilities
The station can be accessed from St. Margaret's Drive. The station building is on the northbound platform. In the building is a ticket office, a toilet (accessed by key) and a kiosk. There is a public phone at the entrance and there are waiting rooms on both platforms. The platforms are connected by a ramped subway. There is a taxi rank at the main entrance. CCTV is in operation.
[edit] Train services
[edit] 2011
On Mondays to Saturdays during the daytime, there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh Waverley, and a half-hourly service northbound round the Fife Circle through Kirkcaldy, eventually coming back to Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings the service is hourly in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.
[edit] 2007
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh and an hourly service northbound towards Kirkcaldy (and back to Edinburgh) on the Fife Circle Line. There is also a daily service to and from Perth via Markinch.
Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Rosyth | First ScotRail |
Dunfermline Queen Margaret | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Rosyth Line and station open |
North British Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway and |
Halbeath Line open; station closed |
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| North British Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway and |
Dunfermline Upper Line and station closed |
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| Cairneyhill Line open; station closed |
North British Railway |
Terminus | ||
| Charlestown Line and station closed |
North British Railway |
Terminus | ||
[edit] Bus services
- D3/D4 (Dunfermline - Duloch Park - Pitcorthie)
- 7 (Dunfermline - Kirkcaldy - Leven)
- 55 (Dunfermline - Inverkeithing - Edinburgh)
- 72 (Dunfermline outer circular (Townhill - Abbeyview - Duloch Park - QMH - Halbeath - Townhill)) (Partly replaces D7)
- 73 (Townhill - Dunfermline - Abbeyview - Duloch Park - Rosyth - Inverkeithing - Ferrytoll) (Partly replaces D7)
- 75 (Dunfermline inner circle (James St - Touch - Abberyview - St Leonards - James St ))
- 79 (Kelty - Dunfermline - Dalgety Bay)
- 80 (Dunfermline - Dalgety Bay)
- Various express routes (to / from Edinburgh and Dundee)
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
[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 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 Charlestown Railway
- RAILSCOT on Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
- RAILSCOT on Dunfermline Branch of Edinburgh and Northern Railway
- Dunfermline Town station on navigable OS map
