Dalgety Bay railway station serves the town of Dalgety Bay in Fife, Scotland. Lying on the Fife Circle and EdinburghｰDundee lines, it is managed by ScotRail. It is currently the nearest railway station to Fordell Firs Camp site, the Scottish national headquarters for The Scout Association in Scotland, part of Scouting in Scotland.
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| Location | Dalgety Bay, Fife Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°02′32″N 3°22′02″W / 56.0423°N 3.3672°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NT149841 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | DAG | ||||
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| 2 March 1942 | Donibristle Halt opened close to Dalgety Bay[2] | ||||
| 1959 | Donibristle Halt closed | ||||
| 27 March 1998 | Dalgety Bay opened[3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.272 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 26,088 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.105 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.143 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.197 million | ||||
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History
editThe station is built close to the former station Donibristle Halt, opened in 1942[4] (closed 1959) as part of the Aberdour Line by the North British Railway, and named for the Earl of Moray's estate of Donibristle on which it stood. It is also close to the line of the former Fordell Railway, which operated from 1770 to 1946 and passed below the main line to the east of the station.
Facilities
editThe station is unstaffed and has two platforms, connected by a footbridge which is accessible via ramps or steps. The station is equipped with shelters on both platforms, with a self-service ticket machine located in the shelter on Platform 1.
Services
edit2008
editServices are given in National Rail Timetable 242. There is a basic 30 minute service, with alternate trains serving Kirkcaldy and the Fife Circle route via Cowdenbeath to Edinburgh. Kirkcaldy services are periodically extended to Dundee.[5]
2016
editThe same 30-minute base service remains, but daytime trains all now run beyond Kirkcaldy to Glenrothes with Thornton northbound. One of the two terminates there, whilst the other returns to Edinburgh via Cowdenbeath. In the evening trains run hourly and mostly run to Dundee or Perth, whilst on Sundays they run to Glenrothes and back to Edinburgh.[6]
References
editNotes
edit- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "New £1.5 million railway station puts public transport links on track". Retrieved 25 February 2008.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Edinburgh ↔ Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Markinch" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
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- 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.
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