Dunkeld and Birnam railway station
Dunkeld and Birnam  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chailleann is Braonan | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Dunkeld |
| Local authority | Perth and Kinross |
| Coordinates | 56°33′25″N 3°34′42″W / 56.5569°N 3.5783°WCoordinates: 56°33′25″N 3°34′42″W / 56.5569°N 3.5783°W |
| Grid reference | NO030416 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DKD |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 26,178 |
| 2011/12 |
26,506 |
| 2012/13 |
27,862 |
| 2013/14 |
29,924 |
| 2014/15 |
31,050 |
| History | |
| 1856 | 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 Dunkeld and Birnam from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Dunkeld and Birnam railway station serves the towns of Dunkeld and Birnam in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located on the Highland Main Line, 13 miles north of Perth and is the first stop on the line north of there.
History
The station opened in April 1856, as the terminus of the Perth and Dunkeld Railway from Stanley Junction (on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway). Seven years later, it became a through station when the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway opened its line to Inverness via Pitlochry and Forres (the I&PJR had taken over the Perth & Dunkeld company that year - prior to this, the SMJR had worked the line).[1]
Services
There are 8 departures to Inverness and 11 to Perth each weekday, with trains to the south going to either Glasgow Queen Street or Edinburgh Waverley.[2]
On Sundays only, the Virgin Trains East Coast "Highland Chieftain" service calls southbound only en route to London King's Cross; there are 4 trains per day to Inverness and 4 trains per day to Edinburgh Waverley in total.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Perth | Virgin Trains East Coast East Coast Main Line |
Pitlochry | ||
| Perth | Abellio ScotRail Highland Line |
Pitlochry | ||
| Perth | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper |
Pitlochry | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Rohallion Line open; station closed |
Perth and Dunkeld Railway | Connection to Inverness and Perth Junction Railway | ||
| Connection to Perth and Dunkeld Railway |
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway | Dalguise Line open; station closed | ||
Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail, Caledonian Sleeper and Virgin Trains East Coast.
References
- ↑ "Railscot - Perth and Dunkeld Railway" Crawford, Ewan; Railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 11 August 2016
- ↑ Table 229 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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