Monifieth railway station
Monifieth | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Angus |
| Coordinates | 56°28′48″N 2°49′03″W / 56.4799°N 2.8175°W |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | MON |
| Key dates | |
| 6 October 1838 | Station opened |
Monifieth railway station serves the town of Monifieth near Dundee, Scotland. The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. The original station buildings have since been demolished and recovered parts used for the Birkhill railway station building on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.
Services
British Rail operated a local passenger service to the intermediate stations between Dundee and Arbroath until May 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.
In July 2012, First ScotRail announced that they were increasing the number of services calling here from 2 per day to 6 per day from the December timetable change.[1] In the current (May 2016) timetable, a further northbound call has been provided to bring the total number of station stops here to seven. Northbound, two trains run through to Aberdeen (the first continues on to Inverness), one to Arbroath and one to Carnoustie (the latter three all originating at Glasgow Queen Street) whilst the southbound trains run to Dundee (one in the early morning) and the others through to Edinburgh (one a.m peak and one evening). No trains call here on Sundays.[2]
Future Improvements
Transport Scotland announced in March 2016 that Monifieth would be one of several stations to benefit from a timetable upgrade that will see 200 additional services introduced across the Scotrail network from 2018.[3][4] This will see an hourly service in each direction to Dundee and Arbroath being introduced.
Sources
- 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.
- RAILSCOT History of Station
References
- ^ GB NRT December 2012 Edition, Table 229
- ^ Table 229 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ "‘Rail revolution’ means 200 more services and 20,000 more seats for Scots passengers"Transport Scotland press release 15 March 2016; Retrieved 18 August 2016
- ^ "Scotrail rail revolution declared as 39 carriages ‘to be retained by ScotRail’ instead of going elsewhereRail.co.uk article 25 March 2016; Retrieved 18 August 2016
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmossie | Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Barry Links | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Broughty Ferry Line and Station open |
Dundee and Arbroath Railway | Buddon Line open; Station closed | ||