Edinburgh–Dundee line

Edinburgh–Dundee line
The Forth Bridge between North Queensferry and South Queensferry
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	City of Edinburgh Fife Angus Scotland
Termini	Edinburgh Dundee
Stations	18 (mainline) 2 (Perth branch)
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper CrossCountry London North Eastern Railway
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	100 mph (160 km/h) maximum
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Dundee–Aberdeen line Dundee Tay Bridge over Firth of Tay Invergowrie Leuchars Cupar Springfield Highland Main Line Perth Moncrieffe Tunnel Glasgow–Dundee line   Ladybank Markinch Fife Circle Line Kirkcaldy Kinghorn Burntisland Aberdour Dalgety Bay Fife Circle Line Inverkeithing North Queensferry Forth Bridge over Firth of Forth Dalmeny Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line to Glasgow Queen Street Edinburgh Gateway South Gyle Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line & North Clyde Line Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line & Shotts Line Haymarket Edinburgh Waverley Borders Railway East Coast Main Line & North Berwick Line

The Edinburgh–Dundee line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with Dundee via the Forth Bridge and the Tay Bridge. A branch runs to Perth. Passenger services are operated by ScotRail, Caledonian Sleeper, CrossCountry and London North Eastern Railway.

Route

Part of the route is shared with other services:

• Fife Circle Line between Edinburgh Waverley and Markinch

The majority of the line is double track. Between the junction with the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line and Edinburgh Waverley, the line is quadruple-tracked.

Historical

The route comprises the following historical railway lines:

• Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway between Edinburgh and Saughton Junction
• Forth Bridge Connecting Lines of the North British Railway between Saughton Junction and Dalmeny Junction
• Forth Bridge Railway between Dalmeny Junction and Inverkeithing South Junction
• Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway between Inverkeithing South Junction and Inverkeithing Central Junction
• Aberdour Line of the North British Railway between Inverkeithing Central Junction and Burntisland
• Edinburgh and Northern Railway between Burntisland and Leuchars North Junction
• Tay Bridge and associated lines of the North British Railway between Leuchars North Junction and Dundee

In detail

Electrification

Currently, the only electrified section is that in Edinburgh shared with the lines to Glasgow.

Work to electrify the section between Dalmeny railway station and the junction with the Glasgow lines began in June 2022 and is expected to be completed by December 2024.^[1]

Services

There is an hourly service between Edinburgh and Aberdeen (17 trains in total) for most of the day. Most services are provided by ScotRail (8 of which extend to Inverurie, one continuing on from there to Inverness). 4 services are provided by LNER which provide services to/from Aberdeen of which 3 run to London King's Cross while 1 runs to Leeds. CrossCountry provides 1 train per day to Aberdeen from Plymouth while one runs from Aberdeen to Penzance and to Edinburgh. On Sundays, a limited service is provided by ScotRail who run 5 trains per day, LNER run 4 and CrossCountry run 1 service. On Monday-Saturday there is an hourly regional service from Edinburgh to Dundee, serving smaller Fife stations.

References

External links

• "Edinburgh - Aberdeen Train Times 14 December 2008 – 16 May 2009" (PDF). ScotRail. Retrieved 14 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

This page was last edited on 21 September 2023, at 16:29