Dunblane railway station

Dunblane Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bhlàthain [1]
General information
Location	Dunblane, Stirling Scotland
Coordinates	56°11′09″N3°57′57″W / 56.1857°N 3.9657°W / 56.1857; -3.9657
Grid reference	NN780009
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	DBL
History
Original company	Scottish Central Railway and Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
22 May 1848	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.541 million
Bridge of Allan Line and station open		Scottish Central Railway Caledonian Railway		Kinbuck Line open; station closed
Terminus		Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway Caledonian Railway		Doune Line and station closed

Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway

Dunblane used to be a junction where the present line and the Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway diverged. This connected at Callander to the Callander and Oban Railway. The line was axed in the Beeching cuts, being formally closed on 1 November 1965 (although traffic beyond Callander had ended five weeks earlier due to a landslide in Glen Ogle).

Parts of the trackbed from near Dunblane to Doune and from Callander to Killin are now cycle paths.

A short section of (unelectrified) track remains on the branch, and is used for storing track maintenance machines, or sometimes even a DMU.

See also

• Public transport in Perth and Kinross
• Dunblane Hotel, formerly the station's hotel

References

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
2. "STATION ROAD, DUNBLANE RAILWAY STATION INCLUDING ORIGINAL FOOTBRIDGE". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
3. Dunblane station's new £3m footbridge opens for Ryder Cup Network Rail 23 September 2014
4. "New ridge at Bridge of Dun". Heritage Railway. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
5. GB National Rail Timetable May 2023, Table 212 (Network Rail)

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• 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. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.

External links

• Video footage of the station