Balmossie railway station

Balmossie
Location
Place Dundee
Local authority Dundee City
Operations
Station code BSI
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 * 797
2004/05 * 136
2005/06 * 993
2006/07 * 1,227
2007/08 * 615
2008/09 * 406
2009/10 * 804
History
Original company BR Scottish Region
18 June 1962 Opened as Balmossie Halt[1]
16 May 1983 Renamed as Balmossie[1]
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Balmossie from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Balmossie railway station is a railway station in Dundee, Scotland which serves the east of Broughty Ferry. The station was originally opened on 18 June 1962 as Balmossie Halt by British Rail Scottish Region[1] and renamed as Balmossie on 16 May 1983.[1]

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Services

British Rail operated local passenger services between Dundee and Arbroath until around 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. Currently (summer 2008), First ScotRail provides Balmossie with only one train a day in each direction, Mondays to Saturdays. These offer through service to/from Edinburgh, but are not timed conveniently for passengers wishing to commute to Dundee. Consequently, patronage of the station is currently low.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Broughty Ferry   First ScotRail
Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Monifieth
Historical railways
Broughty Ferry
Line and station open		   British Railways
Scottish Region		   Monifieth
Line and station open

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 26

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