RailwayData | Dunbar Station
 Dunbar 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Dunbar had 319,280 entries and exits, making it the 977th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
977/2575
It ranked 782nd busiest (out of 997), with 281 scheduled services per week.
782/997
That's a daily average of 874.74 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 21.85 passengers per service, giving it the 429th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
429/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 19,560
Reduced price entries & exits: 282,180
Season ticket entries & exits: 17,540
Total entries & exits: 319,280
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +66,932 : 26.52%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1256930Up & Down Bi-Directional Loop Platform
2271985Down Platform
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
004Glasgow & Edinburgh - Newcastle - York, Leeds & LondonOct24
013Long distance services to and from Birmingham (North-South)Oct24
043Dunbar & North Berwick - EdinburghOct24
101Newcastle - Morpeth - Alnmouth - Berwick - EdinburghOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +149,732 (+88.31%)

Location Details

Location: Dunbar
CRS: DUN / NLC: 9397 / TIPLOC(S): DUNBAR
Station Facility Owner: ScotRail
OS Grid Ref: 368072 678473
Constituency: East Lothian
Local Authority: East Lothian
NR Region: Scotland
ELR: ECM8 29m 05ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Dunbar during 2022/2023:
•Edinburgh (103,266 journeys)
•Haymarket (8,850 journeys)
•London Kings Cross (7,808 journeys)
•Newcastle (6,514 journeys)
•Glasgow Central (4,224 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Dunbar's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Reston17.37