Dunblane railway station serves the town of Dunblane in central Scotland. It is located on the former Scottish Central Railway, between Stirling and Perth and opened with the line in 1848. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network to be electrified.
Facilities
The old footbridge which was replaced in 2014
It has three platforms, one which serves as a terminus for trains from Glasgow (Queen Street) and Edinburgh, one which serves trains heading north to Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness and the third that serves trains heading south to Glasgow and Edinburgh. These include those that terminate at Dunblane, which travel up the northbound line to the signal box to reverse & cross over to the southbound track before heading back down to the station. The signal box in question now operates only the points and signals here. As part of the now completed electrification, the semaphore signals formerly operated by the signal box within the sections electrified (i.e. not to the north of the station) have been replaced with single aspect electrical signals.
The station is staffed by one person who runs the ticket office and does most jobs around the station. Several plants have been placed around the station by a voluntary group known as 'Dunblane in Bloom'.
Passenger information system
Automatic ticket machine (on Platform 1)
Ticket office and waiting room (Mondays - Saturdays, a.m.)
CCTV
Waiting shelters and benches
Limited car parking to the East
Parking to the west in the former goods sidings area in conjunction with Tesco parking
Help point
In September 2014, a new footbridge opened with improved accessibility, and the original footbridge removed.[3] The listed footbridge was re-erected at the heritage Bridge of Dun railway station.[4]
Services
Class 385 electric trains beneath the new footbridge
The train operating company that serves Dunblane station is ScotRail. Trains generally leave for Edinburgh at 01 and 31 minutes past the hour, and for Glasgow Queen Street at 15 minutes past the hour. The latter now run to/from Dundee, whereas those to Edinburgh start from/terminate here.[5] A limited number of Aberdeen services call at the beginning and end of the day.
On Sundays, there is a local hourly service to Edinburgh and hourly calls each way by the Aberdeen to Glasgow service, along with three Inverness to Glasgow (and vice versa) services. The southbound London North Eastern Railway service between Inverness and London King's Cross also stops here.
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. ISBN978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC22311137.
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