Balmossie railway station
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[2] and renamed as Balmossie on 16 May 1983.[2]
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| Location | Monifieth, Angus Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56.4747°N 2.8384°W |
| Grid reference | NO484317 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | BSI |
| History | |
| Original company | British Railways Scottish Region |
| Key dates | |
| 18 June 1962 | Opened as Balmossie Halt[2] |
| 16 May 1983 | Renamed Balmossie[2] |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  992 |
| 2016/17 |  1,364 |
| 2017/18 | 698 |
| 2018/19 | 984 |
| 2019/20 | 1,524 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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 two trains a day in each direction, Mondays to Saturdays. The southbound services depart at 06:25 (to Dundee) and 08:02 (to Glasgow). The northbound services depart at 17:59 (from Glasgow) and 18:39 (from Edinburgh).[3] Consequently, patronage of the station is currently low.
There is no Sunday service.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Broughty Ferry | Abellio ScotRail Dundee–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
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt 1995, p. 26
- Table 229 National Rail timetable, May 2019
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- 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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.