Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line

Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line
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The Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with Aberdeen via the Forth Bridge, the Tay Bridge and Dundee. Also it serves as an extension to the East Coast Main Line and the Cross Country Route. Passenger services are operated by Abellio ScotRail, CrossCountry and Virgin Trains East Coast.

Route

Part of the route is shared with other services:

• Fife Circle Line between Edinburgh Waverley and Markinch
• Glasgow to Aberdeen Line between Dundee and Aberdeen

This line is not electrified by means of overhead power cables (with the exception of the Edinburgh Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley section). The number of stops on a typical journey between Aberdeen and Edinburgh is also partly responsible for the amount of time travel takes between the two stations.

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
• Dundee and Arbroath Railway between Dundee and Arbroath
• North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway between Arbroath and Kinnaber Junction (north of Montrose)
• Aberdeen Railway between Kinnaber Junction and Aberdeen

In detail

Services

A northbound Class 170 crosses the viaduct at Montrose

2015

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 Virgin Trains East Coast 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, Virgin Trains East Coast run 4 and CrossCountry run 1 service.

References

External links

• "Edinburgh - Aberdeen Train Times 14 December 2008 - 16 May 2009" (PDF). ScotRail. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 

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