Balmossie railway station

Balmossie

Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mosaidh[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationMonifieth, Angus
Scotland
Coordinates56°28′29″N 2°50′18″W / 56.4747°N 2.8384°W / 56.4747; -2.8384
Grid referenceNO484317
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBSI[2]
History
Original companyBritish Railways Scottish Region
Key dates
18 June 1962Opened as Balmossie Halt[3]
16 May 1983Renamed Balmossie[3]
Passengers
2019/20Increase 1,524
2020/21Decrease 392
2021/22Increase 1,172
2022/23Decrease 834
2023/24Increase 1,186
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Balmossie railway station is a small railway station at the border between Dundee and Angus which serves the east of Broughty Ferry and the west of Monifieth. It is located 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Broughty Ferry and Monifieth.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 26
  4. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 92. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.