Dundee railway station

Dundee
General information
Location	Dundee City Council
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	DEE
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 June 1878	Opened as Dundee Tay Bridge
1965?	Renamed as Dundee

Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. The station has two through platforms and two terminal platforms. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 95 km (59¼ miles) north east of Edinburgh.

History

The station is the rebuilt Dundee Tay Bridge railway station, which had been built by the North British Railway. Until the 1960s, other stations in Dundee included Dundee West, the Caledonian Railway station for Perth and Dundee East Station on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway.Dundee rail station is the only"British rail" station in Britain that is under sea level.

Today the only other remaining station in Dundee is Broughty Ferry.

Dundee Waterfront plan

There is to be a new multi-million pound railway station built, replacing the current one. While the new station is under construction the current one will remain in use. The Dundee Waterfront project is due to end in 2031. The project will mean the destruction of a lot of buildings to make way for new ones and seaports. Included in the plans are a major revamp to the Tay Road Bridge, other buildings include a brand new multi-million pound Hilton hotel and a brand new Olympia Lesuire Centre. [1]

Recent developments

Until mid-2005, an overhead footbridge which spanned from the railway station to the city's Union Street allowed pedestrians to cross the busy inner ring road safely. This bridge was demolished in two phases, as part of a regeneration project called the Dundee Central Waterfront Development Plan. This project will attempt to restructure the approach roads to the Tay Road Bridge, create new civic space, as well as provisionally make way for a new railway station in the future.

Services

Dundee has direct connections to Newcastle, York and London King's Cross, plus CrossCountry Trains services to Birmingham and the West Country of England. More frequent services run to Glasgow Queen Street, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

For a period of time Dundee was the starting station of the longest direct rail journey in Britain - the 06.43 Virgin Cross Country service to Penzance, which took just over 12 hours to complete. The station was the terminus of the reverse of this journey, the 08:30 Arriva CrossCountry service from Penzance which arrived at Dundee at 20:25. As of December 14 2008, the longest through journey is now the 0820 from Aberdeen to Penzance, arriving into Penzance at 2150, a staggering 13.5 hours long.

2008

• East Coast:

3 Trains Per day to London Kings Cross from Aberdeen via Edinburgh, Newcastle and York.

3 Trains per day to Aberdeen from London Kings Cross via Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven.

1 Train per day to Edinburgh from Aberdeen via Kirkcaldy.

1 Train per day to Aberdeen from Leeds via Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven.

• Arriva CrossCountry Trains:

1 train per day from Aberdeen to Penzance (SX)

2 trains per day to Plymouth originating from Dundee (1 SX)

1 train per day from Plymouth to Aberdeen (SO)

1 train per day from Plymouth terminating at Dundee

• First ScotRail:

1 Train per day to London Euston from Aberdeen via Edinburgh*, Preston and Crewe. (Caledonian Sleeper)

1 Train per day to Aberdeen from London Euston via Crewe, Preston and Edinburgh*. (Caledonian Sleeper)

*Passengers are not allowed to board or alight at Edinburgh Waverley. This is where the Sleepers to/from Fort William, Inverness and Aberdeen join/separate.

1 Train per hour to Edinburgh from Aberdeen running via Leuchars, generally running fast, stopping only at Leuchars and Haymarket

1 Train per hour to Edinburgh starting at Dundee via Leuchars, Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing and Haymarket

1 Train per hour to Glasgow Queen Street via Perth and Stirling.

2 Trains per hour to Aberdeen via Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven.

1 Train per hour from Edinburgh via Haymarket, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy and Leuchars terminating at Dundee

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Leuchars		East Coast East Coast Main Line		Arbroath
Leuchars		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Arbroath
Leuchars		First ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Broughty Ferry
Invergowrie		First ScotRail Glasgow to Aberdeen Line		Broughty Ferry
Invergowrie		First ScotRail Tay Coast Line		Terminus
Leuchars		First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Carnoustie

Station facilities

A small amount of parking is available, operated by Dundee City Council, although it is relatively expensive and is often difficult to find a space. There is a larger car park across the road, which is attached to the Olympia leisure complex. There is also a taxi stance immediately outside of the station building, and the main bus interchange is a five minute 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 small branch of bookshop/confectioner W H Smith and a bar and café after the automated ticket barrier on the concourse. The café, a branch of Pumpkin, mainly serves cold food such as sandwiches, and hot and cold drinks. Like the ticket office, the shop and café do not open in the late evening.

Gallery

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  Commuters exit Dundee Railway Station towards the evening sun
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  Shows the platform

References

Sources

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• 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.
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