Dundee Crossrail

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Dundee Crossrail
Overview
Statusproposed
Owner National Rail
Locale Dundee
Scotland
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Dundee Crossrail
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Arbroath
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Carnoustie
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Golf Street
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Barry Links
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Monifieth
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Balmossie
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Broughty Ferry
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Dundee
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Tay Railway Bridge
across River Tay
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Wormit
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Leuchars
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Dundee West
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Invergowrie
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Errol
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Glencarse
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Perth
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Dundee Crossrail is a proposed railway development in north-east Scotland, first proposed within the 2003 Scottish Strategic Rail Study. It is supported by Tactran, Tayside's statutory regional transport partnership.

The proposed service was for a half-hourly service from Arbroath to Perth and for a similar frequency for trains from Dundee to St. Andrews. [1]

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References

  1. "Scottish Strategic Rail Study - Final Report" . Retrieved 31 August 2015.