Dundee Scottish Gaelic:Dùn Dè[1]
General information
Location	Dundee,Dundee City Scotland
Coordinates	56°27′24″N2°58′16″W / 56.4566°N 2.9710°W /56.4566; -2.9710
Grid reference	NO402298
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	DEE[2]
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 June 1878	Opened asDundee Tay Bridge[3]
1965	Renamed asDundee[3]
Passengers
2019/20	1.945 million
Interchange	73,721
2020/21	0.318 million
Interchange	8,539
2021/22	1.168 million
Interchange	42,726
2022/23	1.454 million
Interchange	68,073
2023/24	1.729 million
Interchange	76,954
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Dundee railway station serves the city ofDundee on the east coast ofScotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of theEast Coast Main Line,59+1⁄4 miles (95.4 km) northeast ofEdinburgh. 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 theEdinburgh–Dundee line meets theGlasgow–Dundee line, viaPerth, to form theDundee to Aberdeen line.

The station is the rebuiltDundee Tay Bridge railway station, which had been built by theNorth British Railway in 1878 as part of theTay Rail Bridge project. It was originally one of three main stations in Dundee, along withDundee West station, theCaledonian Railway station for Perth which was rebuilt in 1889-1890 and closed in the 1960s, and Dundee East station on theDundee and Arbroath Joint Railway which closed in 1959.^[5] It is located in cutting at the south end of Camperdown tunnel, which passes beneath the town's former docks (now filled in) and required permanent pumping to keep dry. The station is consequently sited below sea level.^{[citation needed]}

In the nineteenth century plans were put forward to concentrate all Dundee's railway facilities in a new central station, with the idea first being mooted byJohn Leng in 1864 in his role as editor of theDundee Advertiser. The idea re-emerged in 1872 following the start of work on theTay Rail Bridge and again in 1896. Various sites for the scheme were suggested including building it between the High Street and the harbour and between the Murraygate and the Meadows. However, none of these proposals were ever realised and the three distinct stations survived as independent entities.^[6]

Today, the only other remaining station within Dundee City boundaries isBroughty Ferry.^[7] BothBalmossie andInvergowrie stations are located very close to the city's boundaries, but lie inAngus andPerth and Kinross.^[8]

As part of the redevelopment of Dundee city centre in the 1960s the original public entrance of Dundee Tay Bridge station was demolished to accommodate the newTay Road Bridge offramps, with a new smaller structure replacing it. A footbridge connected the new station building to the city's Union Street to allow pedestrians to cross the busy inner ring road safely. In 2005, the footbridge was demolished in two phases as part of a regeneration project called the Dundee Central Waterfront Development Plan. This project, which has included removal of the 1970s public entrance to the station, will attempt to restructure the approach roads to the Tay Road Bridge and create a new civic space, as well as making way for the new railway station.^[9]

A new £38m railway station was built in 2018; it replaced the old station as part of the Dundee waterfront regeneration project. The designer of the station was Dundee-based architecture firm Nicoll Russell Studios in collaboration withJacobs Engineering Group; construction work was carried out byBalfour Beatty.^[10] Construction began in late 2015 and a temporary entrance was established on Riverside Drive. The new station was built over the site of the demolished old station. It includes a five-storey, curved building that houses the new station entrance, concourse and access points on the first and underground floors as well as a 120-room Sleeperz Hotel occupying the upper floors.^[11]

Construction of the new railway station was completed in early June and it was opened alongside the new Sleeperz Hotel on 9 July 2018 by Dundee West MSP & then Minister for Public Health and SportJoe FitzPatrick, Lord Provost Ian Borthwick and representatives from Dundee City Council.^[12]

There is a taxi stand immediately outside of the station building, and the main bus interchange is ½-mile walk from the station in the city centre. There is a "Travel Office" for information and ticket purchasing, as well as an automatic ticket machine outside the office. The office often closes well before the last trains have departed.

There is also a café adjacent to the automatic ticket gates on the concourse. The café, operated byWHSmith, mainly serves cold food such as sandwiches and hot and cold drinks. Like the ticket office, the café does not open in the late evening.^[13] ACosta Coffee branch opened in 2020, located in the former Tay Bar.

ATesco Express opened next to the entrance of the station in 2022.

The station is based on anisland platform, with two through platforms on the outer sides, and two west-facing bay platforms:

• Platform 1 is the westbound through platform. It is used for trains fromArbroath andAberdeen toGlasgow Queen Street andEdinburgh Waverley.
• Platform 2 and 3 are the bay platforms, used for terminating trains from Edinburgh and Glasgow.
• Platform 4 is the eastbound through platform, used for trains towards Arbroath and Aberdeen.

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

There are 3 direct services toLondon King's Cross per day, plus 1CrossCountry service per day along theCross Country Route betweenAberdeen andPenzance viaLeeds,Sheffield,Derby,Birmingham New Street,Bristol Temple Meads,Exeter St Davids andPlymouth. Additionally, one LNER service per day will operate between Aberdeen and Leeds. More frequent services run toGlasgow Queen Street,Edinburgh andAberdeen.Caledonian Sleeper provides overnight services toLondon Euston.

Off-peak services that operate from the station are:^[15]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Leuchars		London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Arbroath
Leuchars		CrossCountry Cross Country Route		Arbroath or Aberdeen
Leuchars		ScotRail Edinburgh–Dundee line		Terminus
Invergowrie orPerth		ScotRail Glasgow–Dundee line		Terminus
Terminus		ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line		Broughty Ferry
Leuchars		Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Carnoustie

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