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Historic branch closed

Passenger trains no longer run between Dunblane, Doune and Callander. Dunblane remains an open main-line station, distinct from the closed branch.

Checked 11 September 2026Dunblane remains open on the national network. The railway west through Doune to Callander does not.

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The photographs below show surviving station sites, formation and paths. They provide orientation only: access conditions and rights of way should be checked locally before visiting.

A modern passenger train at Dunblane railway station in 2006 — 16 June 2006
**Dunblane station**Modern context at the surviving main-line station. This does not show the historic branch junction or a DD&CR train.Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0

A bridge over the former railway alignment, now a cycleway, near Doune — 24 June 2006
**Former railway and bridge near Doune**Later route context: the former Doune–Dunblane railway converted to a cycleway. This is not an operating-era photograph.Dave Coustick / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The site of Callander's second railway station in 1986 — 6 July 1986
**Callander second station site**Later location context for Callander’s second station. This is not the original 1858 terminus or an operating-era photograph.Ben Brooksbank / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The wooded former trackbed of the Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway near Dunblane — 26 January 2017
**The former trackbed at Dunblane**A modern view of the surviving alignment near Dunblane at NN 7788 0153. This is the former trackbed, not the railway in operation.Richard Webb / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The former Dunblane, Doune and Callander railway alignment used as a cycle path, looking west towards Doune — 28 March 2010
**The railway path looking towards Doune**Modern route context east of Doune. The view looks west along the former alignment at NN 748 018; it is not an operating-era scene.Richard Webb / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The former railway route towards Callander seen from a bridge near Burn of Cambus — 21 August 2007
**The old route towards Callander**Modern route context near Burn of Cambus at NN 690 034, looking west-northwest towards Callander. The photograph shows the dismantled alignment, not railway operation.Derek Ferris / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A grassy path on the former Doune to Callander railway alignment near Drumvaich — 15 August 2025
**The railway remnant at Drumvaich**A modern view near Drumvaich at NN 6728 0444. The grassy path follows the former Doune–Callander alignment; it does not recreate the operational railway.Scott Cormie / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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