Dunblane railway station
Dunblane railway station serves the town of Dunblane, in central Scotland. It is a stop 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.
History
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.Parts of the trackbed from near Dunblane to Doune and from Callander to Killin are now cycle paths.
A short section of track remains on the branch; it is used for storing track maintenance machines and diesel multiple units.
Facilities
The station has three platforms:- a terminus for trains from/to and
- trains heading north to,, and
- 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 and cross over to the southbound track before heading back down to the station.
The station has the following facilities:
- Passenger information system
- Automatic ticket machine
- Ticket office and waiting room
- CCTV
- Waiting shelters and benches
- Limited car parking
- Parking to the west in the former goods sidings area, in conjunction with Tesco supermarket parking
- Help point.
Several plants have been placed around the station by a voluntary group known as Dunblane in Bloom.
Services
Dunblane is served by three train operating companies, which provide the following general pattern in trains per hour/week:ScotRail
- 2 tph to, via
- 1 tph to, via
- 1 tph to, via
- 2 tpd to.
- 1 tpd to
- 1 tpd to
- 1 tpw to.