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{{Short description|Railway line in Scotland}}
{{about|the Aberdeen–Edinburgh railway|other uses of Aberdeen Line|Aberdeen Line (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
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|name        = Edinburgh–Dundee line
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|image       = Forth bridge evening.jpg
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|caption     = The Forth Bridge between North Queensferry and South Queensferry
|type        = [[Heavy rail]]
|system      = [[National Rail]]
|status      = Operational
|locale      = [[City of Edinburgh (council area)|City of Edinburgh]]<br>[[Fife]]<br>[[Angus, Scotland|Angus]]<br> [[Scotland]]
|start       = Edinburgh
|end         = Dundee
|stations    = 18 (mainline)<br />2 (Perth branch)
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|owner       = [[Network Rail]]
|operator    = {{ubl|[[ScotRail]]|[[Caledonian Sleeper]]|[[CrossCountry]]|[[London North Eastern Railway]]}}
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The '''Edinburgh–Dundee line''' is a [[railway|railway line]] linking [[Edinburgh]] with [[Dundee]] via the [[Forth Bridge]] and the [[Tay Rail Bridge|Tay Bridge]]. A branch runs to Perth. Passenger services are operated by [[ScotRail]], [[Caledonian Sleeper]], [[CrossCountry]] and [[London North Eastern Railway]].

== Route ==
[[File:800112 and ScotRail HST 43129 & 43143 at Leuchars 250523 (52925303474).jpg|thumb|[[London North Eastern Railway|LNER]] [[British Rail Class 800|Class 800 ''Azuma'']] and [[ScotRail]] [[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|Class 43 ''HST'']] passing each other at {{stnlnk|Leuchars}}]]

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 {{stnlnk|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 ===

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! Place
! Station
! [[Ordnance Survey]] <br> [[British national grid reference system|grid reference]]
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| [[Edinburgh]] || [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NT257738}} || [[East Coast Main Line]] and [[Cross Country Route]] services join the Edinburgh–Aberdeen line at Waverley <br> See ''[[Edinburgh Waverley railway station]]'' for other lines <br> Bus link and tram links to [[Edinburgh Airport]]
|-
| Edinburgh ([[Haymarket, Edinburgh|Haymarket]]) || [[Haymarket railway station|Haymarket]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NT239731}} || See ''[[Haymarket railway station|Haymarket station]]'' for other lines <br> Bus link and tram links to [[Edinburgh Airport]]
|-
| ''Edinburgh ([[South Gyle]])'' || ''[[South Gyle railway station|South Gyle]]'' || ''{{gbmappingsmall|NT189722}}'' || ''Local services only''
|-
|''Edinburgh ([[Gogar]])''||''[[Edinburgh Gateway station|Edinburgh Gateway]]''||''{{gbmappingsmall|NT176727}}''||Tram link to [[Edinburgh Airport]] ''Highland Main Line and Fife Circle services only''
|-
| ''[[South Queensferry]] ([[Dalmeny]])'' || ''[[Dalmeny railway station|Dalmeny]]'' || ''{{gbmappingsmall|NT138779}}'' || ''Local services only''
|-
| [[Forth Bridge]] || || {{gbmappingsmall|NT135792}}
|-
| ''[[North Queensferry]]''  || ''[[North Queensferry railway station|North Queensferry]]'' || ''{{gbmappingsmall|NT131808}}''|| ''Local services only''
|-
| [[Inverkeithing]] || [[Inverkeithing railway station|Inverkeithing]]  || {{gbmappingsmall|NT131833}} || [[Fife Circle Line]] connection; Bus link to [[Edinburgh Airport]]
|-
| ''[[Dalgety Bay]]'' || ''[[Dalgety Bay railway station|Dalgety Bay]]'' || ''{{gbmappingsmall|NT149840}}'' || ''Local services only''
|-
| ''[[Aberdour]]'' || ''[[Aberdour railway station|Aberdour]]'' || ''{{gbmappingsmall|NT190854}}'' || ''Local services only''
|-
| ''[[Burntisland]]''|| ''[[Burntisland railway station|Burntisland]]'' || ''{{gbmappingsmall|NT232856}}'' || ''Local services only''
|-
| ''[[Kinghorn]]'' || ''[[Kinghorn railway station|Kinghorn]]'' ||  {{gbmappingsmall|NT269868}} || ''Local services only''
|-
| [[Kirkcaldy]] || [[Kirkcaldy railway station|Kirkcaldy]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NT275916}} || [[Fife Circle Line]] connection
|-
| [[Markinch]] || [[Markinch railway station|Markinch]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NO299015}} || [[Fife Circle Line]] connection, also serves Levenmouth and Glenrothes
|-
| [[Ladybank]] || [[Ladybank railway station|Ladybank]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NO306096}} || Connection for [[Perth railway station (Scotland)|Perth]]
|-
| [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]] || [[Perth railway station, Scotland|Perth]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NO112230}} || [[Highland Main Line|Highland Line]] connection
|-
| [[Invergowrie]] || {{stnlnk|Invergowrie}} || {{gbmappingsmall|N034299}} || ''Local services between Perth and Dundee''
|-
| [[Springfield (Fife)|Springfield]] || [[Springfield railway station (Scotland)|Springfield]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NO349119}}  || ''limited service''
|-
| [[Cupar]] || [[Cupar railway station|Cupar]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NO376143}}
|-
| [[Leuchars]] <br> for [[St Andrews]] || [[Leuchars railway station|Leuchars]] || {{gbmappingsmall|NO449206}}
|-
| [[Tay Rail Bridge|Tay Bridge]] || || {{gbmappingsmall|NO391277}}
|-
| [[Dundee]] || [[Dundee railway station|Dundee]]  || {{gbmappingsmall|NO402298}} || [[Glasgow–Aberdeen line]] connection.
|}

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Roger |date=2022-06-04 |title=Piling work to get underway to electrify Fife Circle |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/06/piling-work-to-get-underway-to-electrify-fife-circle.html/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== 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 [[London North Eastern Railway|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.

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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail/sites/files/timetables/Edinburgh-Aberdeen.pdf |title=Edinburgh - Aberdeen Train Times 14 December 2008 – 16 May 2009 |access-date=2009-02-14 |publisher=[[First ScotRail|ScotRail]] }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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