Dundee railway station
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Location | Dundee, Dundee City Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 56°27′24″N 2°58′16″W / 56.4566°N 2.9710°W | ||||
Grid reference | NO402298 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||
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Station code | DEE[2] | ||||
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Original company | North British Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
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1 June 1878 | Opened as Dundee Tay Bridge[3] | ||||
1965 | Renamed as Dundee[3] | ||||
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Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 59+1⁄4 miles (95.4 km) northeast of Edinburgh. Dundee is the tenth busiest station in Scotland.[4] In January 2014, the former main station building was demolished to make way for a new building as part of the Dundee Waterfront Project which opened on 9 July 2018.
Dundee railway station is where the Edinburgh–Dundee line meets the Glasgow–Dundee line, via Perth. It is also the start of the Dundee to Aberdeen line.
History
The station is the rebuilt Dundee Tay Bridge railway station, which had been built by the North British Railway in 1878 as part of the Tay Rail Bridge project. It was originally one of three main stations in Dundee, along with Dundee West station, the Caledonian Railway station for Perth which was rebuilt in 1889-1890 and closed in the 1960s, and Dundee East station on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway which closed in 1959.[5] It is located in cutting at the south end of Camperdown tunnel, which passes beneath the town's former docks (now filled in) and required permanent pumping to keep dry. The station is consequently sited below sea level.[citation needed]
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In the nineteenth century plans were put forward to concentrate all Dundee's railway facilities in a new central station, with the idea first being mooted by John Leng in 1864 in his role as editor of the Dundee Advertiser. The idea re-emerged in 1872 following the start of work on the Tay Rail Bridge and again in 1896. Various sites for the scheme were suggested including building it between the High Street and the harbour and between the Murraygate and the Meadows. However none of these proposals were ever realised and the three distinct stations survived as independent entities.[6]
Today, the only other remaining station within Dundee City boundaries is Broughty Ferry.[7] Both Balmossie and Invergowrie stations are located very close to the city's boundaries, but lie in Angus and Perth and Kinross.[8]
As part of the redevelopment of Dundee city centre in the 1960s the original public entrance of Dundee Tay Bridge station was demolished to accommodate the new Tay Road Bridge offramps, with a new smaller structure replacing it. A footbridge connected the new station building to the city's Union Street to allow pedestrians to cross the busy inner ring road safely. In 2005, the footbridge was demolished in two phases as part of a regeneration project called the Dundee Central Waterfront Development Plan. This project, which has included removal of the 1970s public entrance to the station, will attempt to restructure the approach roads to the Tay Road Bridge and create a new civic space, as well as making way for the new railway station.[9]
New station
A new £38m railway station was built in 2018; it replaced the old station as part of the Dundee waterfront regeneration project. The designer of the station was Dundee-based architecture firm Nicoll Russell Studios in collaboration with Jacobs Engineering Group; construction work was carried out by Balfour Beatty.[10] Construction began in late 2015 and a temporary entrance was established on Riverside Drive. The new station was built over the site of the demolished old station. It includes a five-story curved building that houses the new station entrance, concourse and access points on the first and underground floors as well as a 120-room Sleeperz Hotel occupying the upper floors.[11]
The new railway station completed construction in early June and opened alongside the new Sleeperz Hotel on 9 July 2018 by Dundee West MSP & then Minister for Public Health and Sport Joe FitzPatrick, Lord Provost Ian Borthwick and representatives from Dundee City Council.[12]
Facilities
There is a taxi stand immediately outside of the station building, and the main bus interchange is ½-mile walk from the station in the city centre. There is a "Travel Office" for information and ticket purchasing, as well as an automatic ticket machine outside the office. The office often closes well before the last trains have departed.
There is also a café adjacent to the automatic ticket gates on the concourse. The café, operated by WHSmith, mainly serves cold food such as sandwiches and hot and cold drinks. Like the ticket office, the café does not open in the late evening.[13] A Costa Coffee branch opened in 2020, located in the former Tay Bar.
Platform layout
The station is based on an island platform, with two through platforms on the outer sides, and two west-facing bay platforms:
- Platform 1 is the westbound through platform. It is used for trains from Arbroath and Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley.
- Platform 2 and 3 are the bay platforms, used for terminating trains from Edinburgh and Glasgow.
- Platform 4 is the eastbound through platform, used for trains towards Arbroath and Aberdeen.
Passenger volume
2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | |
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Entries and exits | 1,636,862 | 1,664,210 | 1,719,844 | 1,723,018 | 1,690,486 | 1,737,444 | 1,835,978 | 1,890,134 | 1,815,342 | 1,865,728 | 2,015,782 | 1,945,950 | 317,582 |
Interchanges | 51,957 | 58,921 | 52,468 | 59,229 | 61,218 | 67,746 | 68,512 | 69,568 | 63,183 | 65,557 | 91,267 | 73,721 | 8,539 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
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There are direct connections to London King's Cross and London Euston, plus CrossCountry Trains along the Cross Country Route to Plymouth via Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids. More frequent services run to Glasgow Queen Street, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Off-peak services that operate from the station are:[15]
Operator | Services |
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London North Eastern Railway |
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Caledonian Sleeper | |
CrossCountry |
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ScotRail[nb 3] |
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Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Leuchars | London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line |
Arbroath | ||
Haymarket | CrossCountry Cross Country Network |
Arbroath or Aberdeen | ||
Leuchars | ScotRail Edinburgh–Dundee line |
Terminus | ||
Invergowrie or Perth |
ScotRail Glasgow–Dundee line |
Terminus | ||
Terminus | ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line |
Broughty Ferry | ||
Leuchars | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper |
Carnoustie |
Footnotes
- ^ Passengers can board or alight at Edinburgh Waverley. This is where the Sleepers to/from Fort William, Inverness and Aberdeen join/separate.
- ^ Passengers can board or alight at Edinburgh Waverley. This is where the Sleepers to/from Fort William, Inverness and Aberdeen join/separate.
- ^ These services give an indication of off-peak services. In peak hours, services on these routes may increase, but these have not been shown here.
References
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ a b Butt (1995), page 85
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | Office of Rail and Road". orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ McKean, Charles; Whatley, Patricia; with Baxter, Kenneth (2013). Lost Dundee. Dundee's Lost Architectural Heritage (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Birlinn. pp. 228 & 242.
- ^ McKean, Charles; Whatley, Patricia; with Baxter, Kenneth (2013). Lost Dundee. Dundee's Lost Architectural Heritage (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Birlinn. pp. 233–235.
- ^ "Broughty Ferry | ScotRail". www.scotrail.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Invergowrie | ScotRail". www.scotrail.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Welcoming the world – Dundee's grand new railway station | netMAGmedia Ltd". www.architectsdatafile.co.uk. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Dundee Station Redevelopment, Scotland". Railway Technology. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "New £38m Dundee railway station opens". 9 July 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Dundee's New £38m railway station opened".
- ^ "State-of-the-art Dundee station opened after 20 years of planning". www.railtechnologymagazine.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Tables 20, 50, 214, 215, 220
Bibliography
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). British Rail Track Diagrams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0948-6.
- Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (2nd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0995-8.
- Yonge, John (April 1996). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (3rd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 1-8983-1919-7.
- Yonge, John (2007). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (Quail Track Plans) (fifth ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co). ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6. OCLC 79435248.
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