Dalmeny railway station

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General information
Location	Edinburgh
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DAM
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 March 1866	Original station opened by E&GR
5 March 1890	E&G station closed
28 April 1890	NBR Forth Bridge station opened

Dalmeny railway station is a railway station serving the towns of Dalmeny and South Queensferry, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Edinburgh city centre. It is on the Fife Circle Line, located just south of the Forth Bridge.

History

The current station is the second to serve the town. The first station was on the South Queensferry branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway which opened on 1 March 1866. The North British Railway closed the original station on 5 March 1890 to be replaced by the existing station at the same time as the opening of the Forth Bridge.

Services

The majority of trains calling at the station are part of the Fife Circle Line services, however there is a daily service between Glasgow Queen Street and Kirkcaldy that calls here and uses the line to Winchburgh Junction. The winter 2010/11 timetable extends the majority of the Fife Circle Line services to Newcraighall (at the south east end of the Edinburgh Crossrail).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
South Gyle		Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line		North Queensferry
Linlithgow		Abellio ScotRail To Glasgow - Edinburgh Line
	Historical railways
Turnhouse Line open; station closed		North British Railway NBR Forth Bridge Lines		North Queensferry Line and station open
Philipstoun Line open; station closed		North British Railway NBR Forth Bridge Lines
Kirkliston Line and station closed		North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway		To NBR Forth Bridge Lines
	Future services
Edinburgh Gateway		Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line		North Queensferry

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.
• South Queensferry Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway