Dunblane railway station serves the town of Dunblane, in central Scotland. It is a stop on the former Scottish Central Railway, between Stirling and Perth, and opened with the line in 1848. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network to be electrified.
Dunblane used to be a junction where the present line and the Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway diverged. This connected at Callander to the Callander and Oban Railway. The line was axed in the Beeching cuts, being formally closed on 1 November 1965 (although traffic beyond Callander had ended five weeks earlier due to a landslide in Glen Ogle).
Parts of the trackbed from near Dunblane to Doune and from Callander to Killin are now cycle paths.
A short section of track remains on the branch; it is used for storing track maintenance machines and diesel multiple units.
The station has three platforms:
The signal box now operates only the points and signals here. As part of the now completed electrification, the semaphore signals formerly operated by the signal box within the sections electrified (i.e. not to the north of the station) have been replaced with single aspect electrical signals.
The station has the following facilities:
In September 2014, a new footbridge opened with improved accessibility, and the original footbridge removed. The listed footbridge was re-erected at the heritage Bridge of Dun railway station.
Several plants have been placed around the station by a voluntary group known as Dunblane in Bloom.
Dunblane is served by three train operating companies, which provide the following general pattern in trains per hour/week: