Balmossie railway station
| Balmossie | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Dundee |
| Local authority | Dundee City |
| Coordinates | 56°28′30″N 2°50′20″W / 56.475°N 2.839°WCoordinates: 56°28′30″N 2°50′20″W / 56.475°N 2.839°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BSI |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | 797 |
| 2004/05 * |  136 |
| 2005/06 * |  993 |
| 2006/07 * | 1,227 |
| 2007/08 * | 615 |
| 2008/09 * | 406 |
| 2009/10 * | 804 |
| History | |
| Original company | BR Scottish Region |
| 18 June 1962 | Opened as Balmossie Halt[1] |
| 16 May 1983 | Renamed as Balmossie[1] |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Balmossie from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Balmossie railway station is a railway station in Dundee, Scotland which serves the east of Broughty Ferry. The station was originally opened on 18 June 1962 as Balmossie Halt by British Rail Scottish Region[1] and renamed as Balmossie on 16 May 1983.[1]
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[edit] Services
British Rail operated local passenger services between Dundee and Arbroath until around 1990. Since these were discontinued, most of the intermediate stations have had only a very sparse service, provided so as to avoid the difficulty of formal closure procedures. Currently (summer 2008), First ScotRail provides Balmossie with only one train a day in each direction, Mondays to Saturdays. These offer through service to/from Edinburgh, but are not timed conveniently for passengers wishing to commute to Dundee. Consequently, patronage of the station is currently low.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Broughty Ferry | First ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Monifieth | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Broughty Ferry Line and station open |
British Railways Scottish Region |
Monifieth Line and station open |
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[edit] References
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[edit] Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
