Dunbar railway station
You can reach 59 stations directly from Dunbar on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Edinburgh Waverley, with 46 trains a day.
Dunbar is the nearest station for postcodes in EH42, TD13. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Dunbar
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Waverley | 46 | 41 | 28 |
| Newcastle | 34 | 32 | 28 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 32 | 29 | 26 |
| Alnmouth | 29 | 27 | 20 |
| Morpeth | 27 | 26 | 25 |
| Reston | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Darlington | 15 | 14 | 10 |
| York | 15 | 14 | 10 |
| Durham | 14 | 13 | 9 |
| Musselburgh | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| Wallyford | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| Birmingham New Street | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Chesterfield | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Derby | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Leeds | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Sheffield | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| Bristol Parkway | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| London King's Cross | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Exeter St Davids | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Newton Abbot | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Plymouth | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Tamworth | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Taunton | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Totnes | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Tiverton Parkway | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Newark Northgate | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Peterborough | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Bodmin Parkway | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Camborne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Drem | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hayle | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Liskeard | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Northallerton | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Par | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Penzance | 2 | 2 | 0 |
and 19 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Dunbar is
416,356 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 962nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Dunbar and Edinburgh than any other pair: 244,310 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 36 stations instead of 59, a drop of about 39%. Saturday runs to 47.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Dunbar gains 14 destinations including Basingstoke, Southampton Central, Motherwell, Brockenhurst, Glasgow Central, Oxford.
Nearest other stations
- North Berwick 9.3 miles
- Drem 10.5 miles
- Longniddry 14.6 miles
- Reston 16.1 miles
- Prestonpans 18.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Dunbar, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Innerwick · 4.6 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.