Dundee railway station

Dundee

National Rail
General information
LocationDundee, Dundee City
Scotland
Coordinates56°27′24″N 2°58′16″W / 56.4566°N 2.9710°W / 56.4566; -2.9710
Grid referenceNO402298
Managed byScotRail
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeDEE[2]
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 June 1878Opened as Dundee Tay Bridge[3]
1965Renamed as Dundee[3]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 2.016 million
 Interchange Increase 91,267
2019/20Decrease 1.945 million
 Interchange Decrease 73,721
2020/21Decrease 0.318 million
 Interchange Decrease 8,539
2021/22Increase 1.168 million
 Interchange Increase 42,726
2022/23Increase 1.454 million
 Interchange Increase 68,073
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 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.

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

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 85
  4. ^ "Estimates of station usage | Office of Rail and Road". orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2019.