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Dyce railway station

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Dyce Railway Station (2009)
General information
LocationDyce, Aberdeen City Council
Scotland
Coordinates57°12′20″N 2°11′33″W / 57.2056°N 2.1926°W / 57.2056; -2.1926
Grid referenceNJ884128
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDYC[2]
Key dates
20 September 1854Opened
6 May 1968Closed
15 September 1984Reopened
Passengers
2020/21Decrease 86,520
2021/22Increase 0.216 million
2022/23Increase 0.260 million
2023/24Increase 0.302 million
2024/25Increase 0.309 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dyce railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, with some trains operating on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line and Glasgow to Aberdeen Line also extended to call at Dyce and Inverurie. It is sited 6.25 miles (10.06 kilometres) from Aberdeen.[3]

History

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The station seen in 1978

The station here was opened (along with the line) in 1854 by the Great North of Scotland Railway. It later became a junction for the Formartine and Buchan Railway, which diverged here and headed north to Peterhead and Fraserburgh; this opened to traffic in 1861 and had its own platforms alongside the main line ones. Passenger services over both branches ended as a result of the Beeching Axe on 4 October 1965 but the station remained open until 6 May 1968.[4] Freight continued to Peterhead until 1970 and to Fraserburgh until October 1979.[citation needed]

The station was reopened by British Rail on 15 September 1984.[5]

The signal box was demolished in August 2019 as part of upgrades to the Inverness to Aberdeen line that saw the track between Inverurie and Aberdeen doubled.[6]

Facilities

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The station has two platforms connected by a new fully accessible footbridge. The station is unstaffed and there is no ticket office, but automatic ticket vending machines are provided. Other facilities include car park, taxi rank, cycle storage, seating and a simple shelter on each platform.[7] Automated announcements, customer help points, timetable posters and train information displays offer running information. Both platforms are fully accessible for disabled passengers, with lifts in the footbridge and level access from the main car park to platform 2.[8]

Passenger volume

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Passenger Volume at Dyce[9]
2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Entries and exits 269,263 334,731 401,021 453,635 487,972 515,524 579,660 677,860 759,898 810,678 823,866 664,396 517,586 466,700 358,670 356,388 86,520 216,102 260,000 301,878 308,806

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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As of May 2026, the stations sees approximately 1 train every 2 hours between Aberdeen and Inverness, calling at all stations, as well as a two-hourly shuttle to Montrose. One per day continues to Edinburgh Waverley. There are additional shuttle services between here and Aberdeen to fill gaps in the service, giving 2 or 3 trains per hour between here and Aberdeen. On Sundays, all trains (except one to Glasgow Queen Street) terminate at Aberdeen, making an average of one train every hour in each direction.[10]

The service level was improved in 2018, as part of the Aberdeen Crossrail project, which saw the introduction of hourly services from Inverurie to Montrose, as well as half hourly trains between Inverurie and Aberdeen, requiring the track to be redoubled.[11]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Aberdeen   ScotRail
Aberdeen to Inverness Line		   Kintore
Aberdeen
Towards Montrose		   ScotRail
Aberdeen Crossrail		   Kintore
Towards Inverurie
  Historical railways  
Stoneywood
Line open; station closed		   Great North of Scotland Railway
GNoSR Main Line		   Pitmedden
Line open; station closed
Terminus   Great North of Scotland Railway
Formartine and Buchan Railway		   Parkhill
Line closed; station closed

Connections

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Until May 2017 Stagecoach Bluebird's operated an 80 Jet Connect bus shuttle service between Dyce station and Aberdeen Airport, but this service was discontinued due to low passenger numbers.[12][13] In 2019, First Aberdeen launched its X27 service which connects the railway station to the airport, heliports, and the P&J Live.[14][15][16]

References

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  1. ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ↑ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 96. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  4. ↑ Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 47. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.
  5. ↑ Holme, Chris (15 September 1984). "Dyce first stop in new rail era". Evening Express. p. 19. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Drysdale, Neil (14 August 2019). "Historic Dyce signal box from the 1890s demolished in less than 90 minutes". Press and Journal. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Dyce Station". ScotRail. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  10. ↑ eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 214
  11. ↑ "Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvement Project, Scotland" Archived 20 August 2016 at the Wayback MachineRailway-technology.com article; Retrieved 19 August 2016
  12. ↑ Beattie, Keiran (15 May 2017). "Bumpy Ride for Passengers". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  13. ↑ "Assessing the State of the Bus Network in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire" (PDF). North East Bus Alliance. p. 45. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  14. ↑ "X27 Guild Street to Dyce Railway Station" (PDF). First Group. October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  15. ↑ Merson, Adele (16 November 2016). "Aberdeen bus bosses rule out extending talks over controversial changes". Evening Express. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  16. ↑ "X27 Timetable" (PDF). Aberdeen Airport. 17 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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