The Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with Aberdeen via the Forth Bridge, the Tay Bridge and Dundee. Also it serves as an extension to the East Coast Main Line and the Cross Country Route. Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail, CrossCountry and National Express East Coast.
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Route
Part of the route is shared with other services:
- Fife Circle Line between Edinburgh Waverley and Markinch
- Glasgow to Aberdeen Line between Dundee and Aberdeen
This line is not electrified by means of overhead power cables (with the exception of the Edinburgh Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley section). The number of stops on a typical journey between Aberdeen and Edinburgh is also partly responsible for the amount of time travel takes between the two stations.
Historical
The route comprises the following historical railway lines:
- Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway between Edinburgh and Saughton Junction
- Forth Bridge Connecting Lines of the North British Railway between Saughton Junction and Dalmeny Junction
- Forth Bridge Railway between Dalmeny Junction and Inverkeithing South Junction
- Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway between Inverkeithing South Junction and Inverkeithing Central Junction
- Aberdour Line of the North British Railway between Inverkeithing Central Junction and Burntisland
- Edinburgh and Northern Railway between Burntisland and Leuchars North Junction
- Tay Bridge and associated lines of the North British Railway between Leuchars North Junction and Dundee
- Dundee and Arbroath Railway between Dundee and Arbroath
- North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway between Arbroath and Kinnaber Junction (north of Montrose)
- Aberdeen Railway between Kinnaber Junction and Aberdeen
In detail
| Place | Station | Ordnance Survey grid reference |
Notes |
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh Waverley | NT257738 | East Coast Main Line and Cross Country Route services join the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line at Waverley See Edinburgh Waverley railway station for other lines Bus link to Edinburgh Airport |
| Edinburgh (Haymarket) | Haymarket | NT239731 | See Haymarket station for other lines Bus link to Edinburgh Airport |
| Edinburgh (South Gyle) | South Gyle | NT189722 | Local services only |
| South Queensferry (Dalmeny) | Dalmeny | NT138779 | Local services only |
| Forth Bridge | None | NT135792 | |
| North Queensferry | North Queensferry | NT131808 | Local services only |
| Inverkeithing | Inverkeithing | NT131833 | Fife Circle Line connection; Bus link to Edinburgh Airport |
| Dalgety Bay | Dalgety Bay | NT149840 | Local services only |
| Aberdour | Aberdour | NT190854 | Local services only |
| Burntisland | Burntisland | NT232856 | Local services only |
| Kinghorn | Kinghorn | NT269868 | Local services only |
| Kirkcaldy | Kirkcaldy | NT275916 | |
| Markinch | Markinch | NO299015 | Fife Circle Line connection |
| Ladybank | Ladybank | NO306096 | Tay Coast Line connection for Perth |
| Springfield | Springfield | NO349119 | limited service |
| Cupar | Cupar | NO376143 | |
| Leuchars for St Andrews |
Leuchars | NO449206 | |
| Tay Bridge | None | NO391277 | |
| Dundee | Dundee | NO402298 | Tay Coast Line connection for Perth; Glasgow to Aberdeen Line connection. |
| Dundee (Broughty Ferry) | Broughty Ferry | NO462309 | limited service |
| Monifieth (Balmossie) | Balmossie | NO484317 | limited service |
| Monifieth | Monifieth | NO497322 | limited service |
| Carnoustie | Barry Links | NO542337 | limited service |
| Carnoustie | Golf Street | NO557342 | limited service |
| Carnoustie | Carnoustie | NO566345 | |
| Arbroath | Arbroath | NO638409 | |
| Montrose | Montrose | NO711579 | |
| Stonehaven | Stonehaven | NO863861 | |
| Portlethen | Portlethen | NO923967 | limited service |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen | NJ941058 | Terminus of ECML services from London King's Cross, Caledonian Sleeper services from London Euston and Cross Country Route services from Penzance; Aberdeen to Inverness Line connection; NorthLink ferry to Orkney and Shetland. |
Services
From December 2008
From 14 December 2008, services on the route have been extended as part of the Aberdeen Crossrail project. The many of the Edinburgh services have been extended to Inverurie (on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line) which has also increased the number of services stopping at Dyce with connections for Aberdeen Airport.[1] One service is extended all the way to Inverness.
References
- ^ "NESTRANS welcomes north-east rail timetable changes". NESTRANS. 2008-12-11. http://www.nestrans.org.uk/news/news_detail.asp?news_id=225. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
External links
- "Edinburgh - Aberdeen Train Times 14 December 2008 - 16 May 2009". ScotRail. http://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail/sites/files/timetables/Edinburgh-Aberdeen.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
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