Dunbar railway station

Dunbar
Location
Place	Dunbar
Local authority	East Lothian
Coordinates	55°59′53″N 2°30′47″W / 55.998°N 2.513°W / 55.998; -2.513Coordinates: 55°59′53″N 2°30′47″W / 55.998°N 2.513°W / 55.998; -2.513
Operations
Station code	DUN
Managed by	East Coast
Platforms in use	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.266 million
2005/06 *	0.288 million
2006/07 *	0.299 million
2007/08 *	0.332 million
History
Original company	North British Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
16 June 1846	Opened[1][2]
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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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunbar from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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.^[2]

For approximately 5 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.

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Services

The station is served by East Coast 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. It is also one of few railway stations in Scotland not to be served by First ScotRail.

The station is served mainly by CrossCountry trains on the Bournemouth to Edinburgh route (with projections to/from Dundee/Aberdeen or Glasgow Central). These trains serve Dunbar at roughly two-hourly intervals throughout the day. Crosscountry also operate an early morning departure to Glasgow Central together with a late night return.

A limited number of East Coast services also stop at Dunbar on the main London to Edinburgh route. Some trains continue to either Dundee/Aberdeen or Glasgow Central.

References

Notes

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. 

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