Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station

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

Dunfermline Queen Margaret
265px A view looking west towards Dunfermline Town station
Location
Place	Dunfermline
Local authority	Fife
Coordinates
Grid reference	NT116883
Operations
Station code	DFL
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	0.195 million
2005/06	0.206 million
2006/07	0.211 million
2007/08	0.202 million
2008/09	0.215 million
2009/10	0.205 million
2010/11	0.200 million
2011/12	0.210 million
2012/13	0.206 million
2013/14	0.209 million
History
Original company	ScotRail / Railtrack
January 2000	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunfermline Queen Margaret from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station is a railway station in the town of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 18½ miles (30 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley. The station takes its name from the nearby Queen Margaret Hospital. It is the longest railway station name in Scotland.

History

The station was opened on 26 January 2000 by Railtrack and the former National Express franchisee, ScotRail. It is located at the east side of the former triangular junction formed by Touch North, Touch South and Townhill Junctions (where the now closed Stirling and Dunfermline Railway to Stirling via Alloa diverged), and serves the eastern side of Dunfermline. Passengers can only purchase tickets using a machine at the station. There is no ticket office or newsagents, although there is a fairly large car park with 93 spaces.

Services

2014

There is a half hourly service to/from Edinburgh (southbound) & Cowdenbeath (northbound) with hourly extensions to Glenrothes with Thornton and back along the coast. An hourly service operates in the evening (to Glenrothes only) and on Sundays (full circular service northbound). Some trains continue beyond Edinburgh to Newcraighall.

2011

On Mondays to Saturdays during the daytime, there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Dunfermline centre (continuing on to Edinburgh Waverley), and a half-hourly service eastbound 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.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dunfermline Town		Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line		Cowdenbeath

References

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Dunfermline Branch of Edinburgh and Northern Railway