Dunfermline Town railway station

For other uses, see Dunfermline railway station (disambiguation).

Dunfermline Town
265px St Margaret's Drive entrance
Location
Place	Dunfermline
Local authority	Fife
Coordinates
Grid reference	NT096870
Operations
Station code	DFE
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.569 million
2005/06	0.604 million
2006/07	0.632 million
2007/08	0.638 million
2008/09	0.637 million
2009/10	0.601 million
2010/11	0.598 million
2011/12	0.608 million
2012/13	0.581 million
2013/14	0.611 million
History
Original company	Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
5 March 1890	Opened as Dunfermline Lower
1968?	Renamed as Dunfermline
January 2000?	Renamed as Dunfermline Town
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunfermline Town from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Railways in and around Dunfermline
Kincardine Line Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (CR) Charlestown Torryburn Line Junction (CR) Netherton Goods Charlestown Branch Junction (D&QR) Dunfermline Lower Dunfermline Upper (S&DR/E&NR) Townhill Junctions (D&QR) Rosyth Dunfermline Queen Margaret Halbeath (E&NR) Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway Railways: CR - Charlestown Railway (NBR) D&QR - Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway (NBR) E&NR - Dunfermline Branch of Edinburgh and Northern Railway (NBR) KL - Kincardine Line (NBR) S&DR - Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (NBR)

Dunfermline Town railway station is a station in the town of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 17 miles (27 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley.

History

The station was opened by the Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway on 1 November 1877, named Dunfermline, Comely Park. It was rebuilt in 1889, the Down (northbound) platform being extended eastwards with a new booking office building and a new Up (southbound platform) being provided; the extended facilities were brought into use on 5 March 1890, from which date the station was known as Dunfermline Lower in contradistinction to Dunfermline Upper on the line to Stirling. After the latter station was closed in 1968, the suffix was dropped and it became known as plain Dunfermline. To prevent confusion following the opening of the nearby Dunfermline Queen Margaret in 2000, the station was again renamed to Dunfermline Town.

Station facilities

The station can be accessed from St. Margaret's Drive. The station building is on the northbound platform. In the building is a ticket office, a toilet (accessed by key) and a kiosk. There is also a CCTV monitoring centre for stations in the east of Scotland and a taxi ordering office. There is a public phone at the entrance and there are waiting rooms on both platforms. The platforms are connected by a ramped subway, this providing an alternative access to the station from Woodmill Street on the south side. There is a taxi rank at the main entrance and station car parks on both sides of the railway. CCTV is in operation.

Train services

2011

On Mondays to Saturdays during the daytime, there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh Waverley, and a half-hourly service northbound round the Fife Circle through Kirkcaldy, eventually coming back to Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings the service is hourly in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.

2007

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Edinburgh and an hourly service northbound towards Kirkcaldy (and back to Edinburgh) on the Fife Circle Line. There is also a daily service to and from Perth via Markinch.

Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction and on Sundays two-hourly.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rosyth		Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line		Dunfermline Queen Margaret
	Historical railways
Rosyth Line and station open		North British Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway and Dunfermline Branch of E&NR		Halbeath Line open; station closed
		North British Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway and Dunfermline Branch of E&NR		Dunfermline Upper Line and station closed
Cairneyhill Line open; station closed		North British Railway Kincardine Line		Terminus
Charlestown Line and station closed		North British Railway Charlestown Railway		Terminus

Bus services

• 7 Dunfermline - Kirkcaldy - Leven
• 55 Dunfermline - Inverkeithing - Edinburgh
• 72 Dunfermline outer circular (Townhill - Abbeyview - Duloch Park - QMH - Halbeath - Townhill)
• 73 Townhill - Dunfermline - Abbeyview - Duloch Park - Rosyth - Inverkeithing - Ferrytoll)
• 75 Dunfermline inner circle (James St - Touch - Abberyview - St Leonards - James St )
• 79 Kelty - Dunfermline - Dalgety Bay
• 80 Dunfermline - Dalgety Bay
• Various express routes (to / from Edinburgh and Dundee)

References

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Charlestown Railway
• RAILSCOT on Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway
• RAILSCOT on Dunfermline Branch of Edinburgh and Northern Railway
• Dunfermline Town station on navigable OS map