Dalmeny railway station

Dalmeny Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Mheinidh[1]
Dalmeny railway station in 2009, tracks towards the Forth Bridge visible behind its entry arch, the Forth Road Bridge is to the left.
General information
Location	Dalmeny, Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55.9862°N 3.3815°W / 55.9862; -3.3815
Grid reference	NT139778
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DAM
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway original station North British Railway current station
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 March 1866	Original station opened by E&GR[2]
5 March 1890	E&G station closed[2]
28 April 1890	NBR Forth Bridge station opened[2]
Passengers
2019/20	0.573 million
2020/21	88,890
2021/22	0.270 million
2022/23	0.342 million
2023/24	0.441 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 Port Edgar branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway which opened on 1 March 1866.[2][3] The North British Railway closed the original station on 5 March 1890[2] to be replaced by the existing station at the same time as the opening of the Forth Bridge.[2]

Services

The majority of trains calling at the station (4 per hour each way Mon-Sat, 2 per hour on Sundays) 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 extended the majority of the Fife Circle Line services to Newcraighall (at the south east end of the Edinburgh Crossrail), but since September 2015, only a few do so (working to/from Tweedbank at peak periods).[4]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Edinburgh Gateway or South Gyle		ScotRail Fife Circle Line		North Queensferry
Linlithgow		ScotRail Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line
	Historical railways
Turnhouse Line open, station closed		North British Railway Forth Bridge connecting lines		North Queensferry Line and station open
Philipstoun Line open, station closed		North British Railway Forth Bridge connecting lines
	Disused railways
Kirkliston Line and station closed		North British Railway South Queensferry Branch from the 1866-1890 station only		South Queensferry Line and station closed

Electrification

£55 million is being spent to electrify 104 km (65 mi) of Fife Circle track, between Haymarket and Dalmeny, for use by battery electric multiple units, was begun by Scottish Powerlines in June 2022 and is due to be completed by December 2024.[5]

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt (1995), p. 76
3. RAILSCOT
4. Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016
5. "Green light for £55m Scottish Government investment in decarbonisation | Transport Scotland". www.transport.gov.scot. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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