Dundee railway station

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59+14 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.

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Dundee railway station is where the Edinburgh–Dundee line meets the Glasgow–Dundee line, via Perth, to form 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 ]

The former station building which was demolished in 2013 Dundee Station.jpg
The former station building which was demolished in 2013

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-storey, 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]

Construction of the new railway station was completed in early June and it was 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.

A Tesco Express opened next to the entrance of the station in 2022.

Platform layout

The station is based on an island platform, with two through platforms on the outer sides, and two west-facing bay platforms:

Passenger volume

Dundee

Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dè [1]
National Rail logo.svg
Dundee Railway Station and Sleeperz Hotel.jpg
General information
Location Dundee, Dundee City
Scotland
Coordinates 56°27′24″N2°58′16″W / 56.4566°N 2.9710°W / 56.4566; -2.9710
Grid reference NO402298
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeDEE [2]
History
Original company North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
1 June 1878Opened as Dundee Tay Bridge [3]
1965Renamed as Dundee [3]
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 2.016 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 91,267
Passenger Volume at Dundee [14]
2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23
Entries and exits1,204,3061,437,5191,514,7251,490,2541,600,0601,636,8621,664,2101,719,8441,723,0181,690,4861,737,4441,835,9781,890,1341,815,3421,865,7282,015,7821,945,950317,5821,167,7301,453,560
Interchanges [nb 1] 32,09531,81837,63649,06851,95758,92152,46859,22961,21867,74668,51269,56863,18365,55791,26773,7218,53942,72668,073

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

A East Coast service to London King's Cross Dundee 43208.jpg
A East Coast service to London King's Cross

There are 3 direct services to London King's Cross per day, plus 1 CrossCountry service per day along the Cross Country Route between Aberdeen and Penzance via Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids and Plymouth. Additionally, one LNER service per day will operate between Aberdeen and Leeds. More frequent services run to Glasgow Queen Street, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Caledonian Sleeper provides overnight services to London Euston.

Off-peak services that operate from the station are: [15]

OperatorServices
London North Eastern Railway
  • 3 trains per day to London Kings Cross via Edinburgh, Newcastle and York.
  • 4 trains per day to Aberdeen.
  • 1 train per day to Leeds.
Caledonian Sleeper
  • 1 train per day to London Euston from Aberdeen via Edinburgh, [nb 2] Preston and Crewe.
  • 1 train per day to Aberdeen from London Euston via Crewe, Preston and Edinburgh. [nb 3]
CrossCountry
  • 2 trains per day to Aberdeen.
  • 1 train per day to Penzance (To Plymouth on Sunday.)
  • 1 train per day to Edinburgh.
ScotRail [nb 4]
  • 1 train per hour to Edinburgh running via Leuchars, generally running fast, stopping only at Leuchars and Haymarket.
  • 1 train per hour to Edinburgh via Leuchars, Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing and Haymarket.
  • 1 train per hour to Glasgow Queen Street via Perth and Stirling.
  • 1 train per hour (with some gaps) to Aberdeen via Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven.
  • 1 train every 2 hours to Arbroath, calling at Broughty Ferry, Monifieth (every 2 hours) and Carnoustie.
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Leuchars   London North Eastern Railway
East Coast Main Line
  Arbroath
Leuchars  CrossCountry
Cross Country Route
  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

Notes

  1. No data available.
  2. Passengers can board or alight at Edinburgh Waverley. This is where the Sleepers to/from Fort William, Inverness and Aberdeen join/separate.
  3. Passengers can board or alight at Edinburgh Waverley. This is where the Sleepers to/from Fort William, Inverness and Aberdeen join/separate.
  4. 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.

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