Dunbar railway station

Dunbar
General information
Location	East Lothian
Managed by	East Coast
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	DUN
History
Original company	North British Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
16 June 1846	Opened

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. 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. 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	style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	First ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunbar	style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	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. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• RAILSCOT on North British Railway Main Line
• "RAILSCOT - Dunbar station gallery". Retrieved 21 November 2008.