Dyce railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Dyce | ||
| Local authority | Aberdeen | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | DYC | ||
| Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2002/03 * | 238,949 | ||
| 2004/05 * | 269,263 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 334,731 | ||
| History | |||
| 20 September 1854 | Opened | ||
| 2 October 1965 | Closed | ||
| 1984 | Reopened | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dyce from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Dyce railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, with some trains operating on the East Coast Main Line beginning or terminating at the station. It also serves nearby Aberdeen Airport.
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[edit] History
Dyce used to be where the Formartine and Buchan Railway north to Peterhead/Fraserburgh branched off. There is still evidence on the ground of the old platforms which sat on the site of the car park. The former lines to Peterhead/Fraserburgh are now a long distance cycle path, accessible from the western end of the car park.
[edit] Station usage
Dyce is a popular station with commuters into Aberdeen, there were almost 20,000 season ticket holders using the station in 2004-2005. Dyce also serves the airport, although it doesn't seem to be utilised very much by tourists (due to the fact that the station is on the other side of the airport from the terminal) but it does appear to be popular with oil workers returning from the rigs. A taxi rank provides a means of transport to the airport terminal; a bus service used to operate from just outside the signal box but this was scrapped in the late 1990s as a result of low passenger usage, and to allow the car park to be expanded.
[edit] Signalling
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Dyce signal box, which opened in 1880, is 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 new frame of 46 levers, subsequently reduced in size to 26 levers.
Dyce lost its semaphore signals in October 2007 when new colour light signals were brought into use. The lever frame was removed from the signal box (renamed from "Dyce Junction" to "Dyce") and a new relay interlocking and 'NX' (entrance-exit) panel was installed, initially housed inside a temporary signal box.
[edit] Raiths Farm
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 will replace the Guild Street yard at Aberdeen, allowing the latter site, which occupies 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 four sidings. The new freight facility has not yet been brought into use.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Aberdeen | First ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line |
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| Stoneywood Line open; Station closed |
Great North of Scotland Railway | Pitmedden Line open; Station closed |
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| Terminus | Formartine and Buchan Railway | Parkhill Line closed; Station closed |
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