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 Dyce Railway Station (2009) | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Dyce,Aberdeen City Council Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°12′20″N2°11′33″W / 57.2056°N 2.1926°W /57.2056; -2.1926 | ||||
| Grid reference | NJ884128 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | DYC[2] | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 20 September 1854 | Opened | ||||
| 6 May 1968 | Closed | ||||
| 15 September 1984 | Reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.356 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 86,520 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.216 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.260 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.302 million | ||||
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Dyce railway station is arailway station serving the suburb ofDyce,Aberdeen,Scotland. The station is managed byScotRail and is on theAberdeen to Inverness Line, with some trains operating on theEdinburgh to Aberdeen Line andGlasgow to Aberdeen Line also extended to call at Dyce andInverurie. It is sited 6.25 miles (10.06 kilometres) fromAberdeen.[3]
The station here was opened (along with the line) in 1854 by theGreat North of Scotland Railway. It later became a junction for theFormartine and Buchan Railway, which diverged here and headed north toPeterhead andFraserburgh; this opened to traffic in 1861 and had its own platforms alongside the main line ones. Passenger services over both branches ended as a result of theBeeching Axe on 4 October 1965 but the station remained open until 6 May 1968.[4] Freight continued to Peterhead until 1970 and to Fraserburgh until October 1979. There is still evidence on the ground of the old branch platforms which sat on the site of the stationcar park. The former branch lines are now a long distancecycle path, accessible from the western end of the car park.
The station was reopened byBritish Rail on 15 September 1984.[5]
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Dycesignal box, which opened in 1880, was a tall structure located at the south (Aberdeen) end of the station, on the east side of the railway. In 1928, the box was provided with a newframe of 46 levers, subsequently reduced in size to 26 levers.
Dyce lost itssemaphore signals in October 2007 when new colour lightsignals were brought into use. The lever frame was removed from the signal box (renamed from "Dyce Junction" to "Dyce") and a new relayinterlocking and 'NX' (entrance-exit) panel was installed, initially housed inside a temporary signal box.
The signal box was demolished in August 2019 as part of upgrades to the Inverness to Aberdeen line that saw the track between Inverurie and Aberdeen be doubled.[6] The box had been offered for sale but due to its close proximity to a working line, no use could be found for it and nobody wanted to remove the box to another location.
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A new freight terminal, named "Raiths Farm", has been built to the north of Dyce station, in a field on the west side of the railway. Construction of the terminal was completed in November 2007. The Raiths Farm facility replaced the Guild Street yard atAberdeen, allowing the latter site, which occupied valuable land close to the city centre, to be redeveloped.
The Raiths Farm layout comprises arrival and departure lines to the north and south, a run-round loop and foursidings. The facility began operations in 2009.
Although Dyce station is located next to the runway ofAberdeen Airport, and aircraft can be seen from the station platform, there is no direct link between Dyce station and the airport, as the passenger terminal is the other side of the runway.
The station has two platforms connected by a new fully accessible footbridge, implemented in 2014. The station is unstaffed and there is no ticket office, but automatic ticket vending machines are provided. Other facilities include car park, taxi rank, cycle storage, seating and a simple shelter on each platform. Automated announcements, customer help points, timetable posters and train information displays offer running information. Both platforms are fully accessible for disabled passengers, with lifts in the footbridge and level access from the main car park to platform 2.[7]
| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 238,949 | 269,263 | 334,731 | 401,021 | 453,635 | 487,972 | 515,524 | 579,660 | 677,860 | 759,898 | 810,678 | 823,866 | 664,396 | 517,586 | 466,700 | 358,670 | 356,388 | 86,520 | 216,102 | 260,000 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
The typical service in trains per hour is:[9]
On Sundays, the service to Inverurie is reduced to 1 tph, of which 5 trains per day continue to Inverness, the service to Aberdeen reduces to 1 train per hour, and these trains do not continue to Montrose.
These services were largely introduced in 2018, as part of the Aberdeen Crossrail project, which saw the introduction of hourly services from Inverurie to Montrose, as well as half hourly trains between Inverurie and Aberdeen, consequently requiring the track to be largely redoubled.[10]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line | Kintore | ||
| Aberdeen TowardsMontrose | ScotRail Aberdeen Crossrail | Kintore TowardsInverurie | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Stoneywood Line open; station closed | Great North of Scotland Railway GNoSR Main Line | Pitmedden Line open; station closed | ||
| Terminus | Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway | Parkhill Line closed; station closed | ||
Until May 2017Stagecoach Bluebird's operated an80 Jet Connect bus shuttle service between Dyce station and Aberdeen Airport, but this service was discontinued due to low passenger numbers.[11][12] In 2019,First Aberdeen launched its X27 service which connects the railway station to the airport, heliports, and theP&J Live.[13][14][15] This service was also discontinued.
A more frequent bus connection to Dyce airport, the 727, runs fromAberdeen railway station, the next stop south of Dyce.
In 2025, Stagecoach Bluebird launched service 737 which connects the station toBlackburn & the Airport. The service only operates on weekdays.
