Dundee West railway station

Dundee West railway station
Dundee West railway station on 1 May 1965 (top); during its demolition the following year (bottom)
General information
LocationDundee, Dundee
Scotland
Coordinates56°27′29″N 2°58′11″W / 56.4581°N 2.9698°W / 56.4581; -2.9698
Grid referenceNO403299
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDundee and Perth Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
24 May 1847 (1847-05-24)Opened as Dundee
1848Name changed to Dundee West
1853Name changed to Dundee West Street
1856Name changed to Dundee Union Street
1866Name changed back to Dundee West
1 May 1965 (1965-05-01)Closed

Dundee West railway station served the city of Dundee, Scotland, from 1847 to 1965 on the Dundee and Perth Railway. Author John Minnis has described demolition of the "wonderful" station building (built between 1889 and 1890) as "perhaps the most tragic loss" of a piece of railway architecture in Scotland.[1]

  1. ^ Minnis, John (2014). Britain's Lost Railways. The Twentieth-Century Destruction of Our Finest Railway Architecture. London: Aurum Press Ltd. p. 71. ISBN 978 1 78131 863 8.