Dyce railway station

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Dyce
Location
Place	Dyce
Local authority
Operations
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.269 million **
History
Key dates	Opened ? Closed ? Reopened 1984
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** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Dyce. Disclaimer (PDF)

Dyce railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line. It also serves nearby Aberdeen Airport.

[edit] History

Dyce used to be where the line up to Peterhead/Fraserburgh branched off. There is still evidence on the ground of the old platforms which sat on the site of the car park. The former line to Peterhead/Fraserburgh are now a long distance cycle path, accessible from the western end of the car park.

[edit] Station Usage

Dyce is a popular station with commuters into Aberdeen, there were almost 20,000 season ticket holders using the station in 2004-2005. Dyce also serves the airport, although it doesn't seem to be utilised very much by tourists (due to the fact that the station is on the other side of the airport from the terminal) but it does appear to be popular with oil workers returning from the rigs. A taxi rank addresses issues of getting to the airport terminal, there used to be a bus service running from just outside the signal box but this was scrapped in the late 90s as a result of low passenger usage and to allow the car park to be expanded.

Trains from Dyce also seem attractive to the "casual" user heading into Aberdeen, the journey time (avg. 9 minutes) is a fraction of the time taken by bus (quickest route is 36 minutes on X18), and a cheap day return works out cheaper than a return on the bus.