Английская Википедия:Dunkeld & Birnam railway station

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox station Dunkeld & Birnam railway station serves the town of Dunkeld and village of Birnam in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located on the Highland Main Line, Шаблон:Convert north of Шаблон:Stnlnk and is the first stop on the line north of there, before Pitlochry. Most services are operated by ScotRail, who also manage the station. LNER and Caledonian Sleeper also call some services here.

History

The station opened on 7 April 1856, as the terminus of the Perth and Dunkeld Railway from Stanley Junction (on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Seven years later, it became a through station when the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway opened its line to Inverness via Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws (the I&PJR had taken over the Perth & Dunkeld company that year - prior to this, the SMJR had worked the line).Шаблон:Sfn

From 1863 to 1896 the station master was John Kinnaird.

The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1935 and 1936 followed by two caravans from 1937 to 1939.Шаблон:Sfn

The station was the last in Scotland to be lit by gas lights, these not being replaced by electric versions until the early 1980s.Шаблон:Citation needed Although the trackbed has been raised following reballasting over the years, the platforms have not had similar treatment and are all considerably sub-standard in height. A couple of 'boxes' have been placed on both platforms to assist passengers to climb into the trains but, because the station is unstaffed, no assistance is available to move these aids into an appropriate position whenever a train arrives.

Facilities

The station has a small car park (and some bike racks), which gives step-free access to platform 1, which has a bench and a waiting shelter. There is no step-free access (access is via a footbridge) - nor any facilities - on platform 2. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Platform layout

The station has a passing loop Шаблон:Convert long, flanked by two platforms. Platform 1 on the southbound line can accommodate trains having twelve coaches, but platform 2 on the northbound line can only hold ten.Шаблон:Sfn When no crossing is to be made, northbound trains are usually routed through platform 1 which is signalled for bi-directional running.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Dunkeld & Birnham

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	15,406	18,810	19,339	21,897	20,856	23,578	25,436	26,178	26,506	27,862	29,924	31,050	32,022	32,878	37,982	36,930	36,608	7,740	27,444	38,416

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

As of May 2022, there are ten departures northbound to Inverness and eleven to Perth each weekday, with six trains going to Шаблон:Rws and five to Edinburgh Waverley, including the Caledonian Sleeper service. On Sundays, there are 4 trains per day to Inverness (one of which extends to Elgin) and, southbound, four trains to Edinburgh Waverley (including the LNER Highland Chieftain service) and two to Glasgow Queen Street.

See also

• Public transport in Perth and Kinross

Bibliography

• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Grant-RailCo
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Шаблон:Quick-stations-5
• Шаблон:Cite book