Dalgety Bay railway station

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Dalgety Bay

Location

Place

Dalgety Bay

Local authority

Fife, Scotland

Operations

Station code

DAG

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2005/06 *

0.247 million

History

2 June 1890

Donibristle Halt opened close to Dalgety Bay^[1]

1965??

Donibristle Halt closed

27 March 1998

Opened^[2]

National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalgety Bay from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Dalgety Bay railway station serves the town of Dalgety Bay in Fife, Scotland. Lying on the Fife Circle and Edinburgh to Aberdeen lines, it is managed by First ScotRail.

1 History
2 Facilities
3 Services
- 3.1 2008
4 References
- 4.1 Notes
- 4.2 Sources
5 External links

[edit] History

The station is built close to the former station called Donibristle Halt built as part of the Aberdour Line by the North British Railway and opened in 1890.

[edit] Facilities

In 2008, the station has two platforms and is unstaffed. The station is equipped with shelters on both platforms, with a self-service ticket machine located on the shelter in platform 1. A footbridge connects the platforms.

[edit] Services

[edit] 2008

Services are given in National Rail Timetable 242. There is a basic 30 minute service, with alternate trains serving Markinch and the Fife Circle route via Cowdenbeath to Edinburgh. Markinch services are periodically extended to Dundee and Carnoustie.^[3]

Preceding station		Following station
Inverkeithing	First ScotRail Fife Circle Line Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line	Aberdour
Historical Railways
Inverkeithing	Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway North British Railway	Aberdour Aberdour Line North British Railway
Rosyth Halt	Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway North British Railway	Aberdour Aberdour Line North British Railway

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

^ RAILSCOT on Aberdour Line. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
^ New £1.5 million railway station puts public transport links on track. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
^ Edinburgh ↔ Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Markinch. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.

[edit] Sources

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.