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{{Short description|Railway line in Scotland}}
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The '''Edinburgh–Dunblane line''' is a [[railway]] line in East Central [[Scotland]]. It links the city of [[Edinburgh]] via [[Falkirk]] to the city of [[Stirling]] and the town of [[Dunblane]].

==Service provision==

===Connections to other services===
This line connects into other services in several locations:
*{{Stnlnk|Dunblane}} – [[Highland Main Line]]
*{{Stnlnk|Stirling|Scotland}} – [[Croy Line]]
*{{Stnlnk|Larbert}} – [[Croy Line]]
*{{Stnlnk|Camelon}} – [[Cumbernauld Line]]
*{{Stnlnk|Polmont}} – [[Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line]]
*{{Stnlnk|Edinburgh Park}} – [[North Clyde Line]]
*{{Stnlnk|Haymarket}} – [[Fife Circle Line]], [[Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line]], [[Shotts Line]], [[West Coast Main Line]]
*{{Stnlnk|Edinburgh Waverley}} – [[Borders Railway]], [[North Berwick Line]], [[East Coast Main Line]]

===Scotrail service from 2004 to 2018===
The services on this line were run by [[First ScotRail]] until 2015, then by [[Abellio ScotRail]]. The vast majority of services were worked by [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]] and [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] DMUs, with some services being provided by [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156s]]. Until the opening of the Borders Railway in 2015, the line joined the [[Edinburgh Crossrail]] at [[Edinburgh Park railway station|Edinburgh Park]].

===ScotRail service from 2018===
Following completion of electrification of the line between Polmont Junction through Stirling and to Dunblane, Abellio Scotrail commenced electrified passenger services with the timetable change of 9 December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/time-new-timetables|title=Time for new timetables {{!}} ScotRail|website=www.scotrail.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref> The service continued to make use of some diesel traction, with [[British Rail Class 365|Class 365]] units providing electric services until March 2019, after which all services were taken over by [[British Rail Class 385|Class 385s]]. The timetable change also saw the Polmont and Linlithgow stops removed from the Monday-Saturday daytime stopping pattern, being replaced by the new Edinburgh-Glasgow service running via the [[Cumbernauld Line]].

In April 2022, Scottish Government-owned [[ScotRail]] took over the operation of the line from Abellio ScotRail.

==History==
The route built in several stages:
* [[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]] between [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station]] and [[Haymarket railway station|Haymarket]] in 1846.
* [[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]] between [[Haymarket railway station|Haymarket]] and [[Polmont railway station|Polmont]] on 21 February 1842.
* Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway between [[Polmont railway station|Polmont]] and Carmuirs / Larbert Junctions in 1850
* [[Scottish Central Railway]] between Carmuirs / Larbert Junctions and [[Dunblane railway station|Dunblane]] in 1847

==Electrification==
The line was electrified as part of the rolling programme of electrification in Scotland's Central Belt in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transport.gov.scot/projects/electrification-programme/electrification-programme/|title=Electrification programme|website=www.transport.gov.scot|language=en|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/alloa-line-reopens-after-electrification-works|title=Alloa line reopens after electrification works|website=www.railtechnologymagazine.com|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref>

==Sources==
* {{Awdry-RailCo}}
* {{Jowett-Atlas}}
* {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
* {{Quail-1}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2003/03/16875/20695 Scottish Strategic Rail Study] showing a Croy line map

{{Railway lines in Scotland}}
{{Transport in Edinburgh}}

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[[Category:Transport in Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Transport in Falkirk (council area)]]
[[Category:Transport in Stirling (council area)]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Scotland]]
[[Category:Standard gauge railways in Scotland]]


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