Broughty Ferry railway station
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Broughty Ferry railway station serves the suburb of Broughty Ferry
in Dundee
, Scotland
. The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway
. When North British Railway
were granted joint ownership of the line on 21 July 1879, the station buildings were gradually rebuilt until around 1900.
It is the oldest railway station in Scotland which is still in operation.
provides Broughty Ferry with only two trains a day in each direction, Mondays to Saturdays. These offer through service to and from Edinburgh and Glasgow, but are not timed conveniently for passengers wishing to commute to Dundee, who were historically the station's raison d'être. There is also a mid morning service (1043) to Glasgow Queen Street but again it is not at a convenient time for commuters. Consequently, patronage of the station is now very low.
06:15 to Dundee,
07:41 to Glasgow Queen Street,
10:43 to Glasgow Queen Street,
15:09 to Edinburgh Waverley,
17:11 to Edinburgh Waverley,
23:38 to Perth.
06:31 to Inverurie,
09:45 to Inverurie,
11:07 to Aberdeen,
15:09 to Aberdeen,
17:47 to Inverurie,
19:00 to Carnoustie,
23:10 to Aberdeen. .
–London Intercity express
destroyed two out of the four gates of the level crossing. The fifty passengers on board and five people in a passing car were fortunate to avoid collision when the train passed through the crossing at around 80 miles per hour. The gates had not been closed before the train passed the level crossing. Dundee City Council had previously postponed planning permission to modernise the gates. They were replaced by the current arrangement of four barriers in 1995, with control transferred to Dundee Signalling Centre.
Subsequent restoration of the station saw the removal of the historic footbridge, which now languishes behind the westbound platform, leaving only an underpass for those wishing to cross the line at Gray Street, or walk the short distance to another overbridge, when the barriers are lowered. The footbridge was closed to the public before the crossing was modernised.
Broughty Ferry
Broughty Ferry is a suburb on the eastern side of the City of Dundee, on the shore of the Firth of Tay in eastern Scotland...
in Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway
Dundee and Arbroath Railway
The Dundee and Arbroath Railway was a railway link between those two towns in Scotland.-History:The railway company received its Parliamentary Act on 19 May 1836. It was planned as a gauge railway, because, at that time, it was expected to be a purely local railway with no connection to the...
. When North British Railway
North British Railway
The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923.-History:...
were granted joint ownership of the line on 21 July 1879, the station buildings were gradually rebuilt until around 1900.
It is the oldest railway station in Scotland which is still in operation.
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, First ScotRailFirst ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
provides Broughty Ferry with only two trains a day in each direction, Mondays to Saturdays. These offer through service to and from Edinburgh and Glasgow, but are not timed conveniently for passengers wishing to commute to Dundee, who were historically the station's raison d'être. There is also a mid morning service (1043) to Glasgow Queen Street but again it is not at a convenient time for commuters. Consequently, patronage of the station is now very low.
Future services
From December 2011, Broughty Ferry will see its service level increase to 13 trains per day, with five additional northbound, and four additional southbound services. However, these will still be impractical for people wishing to commute to Dundee. The times as follows:06:15 to Dundee,
07:41 to Glasgow Queen Street,
10:43 to Glasgow Queen Street,
15:09 to Edinburgh Waverley,
17:11 to Edinburgh Waverley,
23:38 to Perth.
06:31 to Inverurie,
09:45 to Inverurie,
11:07 to Aberdeen,
15:09 to Aberdeen,
17:47 to Inverurie,
19:00 to Carnoustie,
23:10 to Aberdeen. .
Level crossing incident
At 7:20 pm on 21 October 1991, a Dundee bound AberdeenAberdeen railway station
Aberdeen railway station is the main railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.- History :...
–London Intercity express
InterCity 125
The InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's High Speed Train fleet. The InterCity 125 train is made up of two power cars, one at each end of a fixed formation of Mark 3 carriages, and is capable of , making the train the fastest diesel-powered locomotive in regular service in the...
destroyed two out of the four gates of the level crossing. The fifty passengers on board and five people in a passing car were fortunate to avoid collision when the train passed through the crossing at around 80 miles per hour. The gates had not been closed before the train passed the level crossing. Dundee City Council had previously postponed planning permission to modernise the gates. They were replaced by the current arrangement of four barriers in 1995, with control transferred to Dundee Signalling Centre.
Subsequent restoration of the station saw the removal of the historic footbridge, which now languishes behind the westbound platform, leaving only an underpass for those wishing to cross the line at Gray Street, or walk the short distance to another overbridge, when the barriers are lowered. The footbridge was closed to the public before the crossing was modernised.