Dundee railway station
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| Dundee | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Central Dundee |
| Local authority | Dundee City |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DEE |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Annual entry/exit 04/05 | 1.438 million ** |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| ** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Dundee. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
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 (59ΒΌ miles) north east of Edinburgh.
This station was built as Dundee Tay Bridge Station by the North British Railway. Other Stations in Dundee included Dundee West, the Caledonian Railway station for Perth and Dundee East Station on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway. Today the only other remaining station in Dundee is Broughty Ferry.
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. It has now been partially demolished to make way for the new Dundee Waterfront Development Plan. This regeneration project will restructure the roads and create new boulevards, as well as provisionally make way for a new railway station in the future. Offices, shops and lesuire centers will be built gradually extending the waterfront. The station is staffed for all trains and has a ticket office, bar, cafe and shop.
[edit] Services
Dundee has direct connections to Newcastle, York and London King's Cross, however these are only once every 2 hours on weekdays. More frequent services run to Glasgow Queen Street, Edinburgh and Aberdeen plus Virgin Cross Country services to Birmingham and the West Country of England also operate.
Dundee was the starting station of the longest rail journey in Britain - the 06.43 Virgin Cross Country service to Penzance, which took just over 12 hours to complete.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Dundee railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Dundee railway station from Multimap.com
