Balmossie railway station
Balmossie  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Monifieth |
| Local authority | Angus |
| Coordinates | 56°28′29″N 2°50′18″W / 56.4747°N 2.8384°WCoordinates: 56°28′29″N 2°50′18″W / 56.4747°N 2.8384°W |
| Grid reference | NO484317 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BSI |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 362 |
| 2011/12 |
314 |
| 2012/13 |
 1,078 |
| 2013/14 |
1,446 |
| 2014/15 |
1,092 |
| History | |
| Original company | British Railways Scottish Region |
| 18 June 1962 | Opened as Balmossie Halt[1] |
| 16 May 1983 | Renamed Balmossie[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Balmossie from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Balmossie railway station is a small railway station which serves the suburb of Balmossie west of Monifieth, Scotland, which serves the east of Broughty Ferry. The station was originally opened on 18 June 1962 as Balmossie Halt by British Rail Scottish Region[1] and renamed as Balmossie on 16 May 1983.[1]
Service
British Rail operated local passenger services between Dundee and Arbroath until May 1990. Since these were discontinued, most of the intermediate stations have had only a very sparse "parliamentary" service, provided so as to avoid the difficulty of formal closure procedures. Abellio ScotRail provides Balmossie with only one train a day in each direction, Mondays to Saturdays. The northbound evening departure runs through from Glasgow Queen Street, but neither it nor the morning southbound train are conveniently timed for passengers wishing to commute to Dundee.[2] Consequently, patronage of the station is currently low.
There is no Sunday service.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughty Ferry | Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Monifieth | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Broughty Ferry Line and station open |
British Railways Scottish Region |
Monifieth Line and station open | ||
References
Notes
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.