Monifieth railway station
Monifieth | |
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Location | |
Place | Monifieth |
Local authority | Angus |
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Grid reference | NO497322 |
Operations | |
Station code | MON |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | F2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2002/03 | 1,031 |
2004/05 | 1,333 |
2005/06 | 1,757 |
2006/07 | 1,897 |
2007/08 | 2,106 |
2008/09 | 2,082 |
2009/10 | 1,170 |
2010/11 | 1,288 |
2011/12 | 2,394 |
2012/13 | 2,570 |
2013/14 | 3,122 |
History | |
6 October 1838 | Station opened |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Monifieth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Monifieth railway station serves the town of Monifieth near Dundee, Scotland. The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. The original station buildings have since been demolished and recovered parts used for the Birkhill railway station building on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.
Services
British Rail operated local passenger services between Dundee and Arbroath until around 1990. Since these were discontinued, most of the intermediate stations have had only a very sparse service, provided so as to avoid the difficulty of formal closure procedures.
Currently Abellio ScotRail provides Monifieth with only one train a day in each direction to/from Edinburgh, Mondays to Saturdays, plus an early morning service to Glasgow with no return working. Although these offer through service to Edinburgh, they are not timed conveniently for passengers wishing to commute to Dundee. Consequently, patronage of the station is currently very low.
In July 2012, First ScotRail announced that they were increasing the number of services from 2 per day to 6 per day.[1] This remains the level of service as of February 2014.[2] Southbound, two of these are through trains to Edinburgh whilst the other runs to Dundee. Northbound one runs to Arbroath, one to Carnoustie and the third is a late night through service to Aberdeen.
Sources
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- RAILSCOT History of Station
References
- ↑ http://www.scotrail.co.uk/content/scotrail-trebles-train-services-monifieth
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 229
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Balmossie | Abellio ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Barry Links | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Balmossie Line and Station open |
Dundee and Arbroath Railway | Buddon Line open; Station closed |