Dyce railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland}}{{for|the station in Manitoba, Canada|Dyce railway station (Manitoba)}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Dyce

| native_name = {{langx|gd|Deis}}{{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index }}

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Dyce station - geograph.org.uk - 1247183.jpg

| caption = Dyce Railway Station (2009)

| borough = Dyce, Aberdeen City Council

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|57.2056|-2.1926|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NJ884128|25|NJ884128}}

| manager = ScotRail

| platforms = 2

| code = DYC{{cite web |last1=Deaves |first1=Phil |title=Railway Codes |url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/crs/crsd.shtm |website=railwaycodes.org.uk |access-date=27 September 2022}}

| years = 20 September 1854

| events = Opened

| years1 = 6 May 1968

| events1 = Closed

| years2 = 15 September 1984

| events2 = Reopened

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.356 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 86,520}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.216 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.260 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.302 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Dyce railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, with some trains operating on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line and Glasgow to Aberdeen Line also extended to call at Dyce and Inverurie. It is sited {{Convert|6.25|mi|km|abbr=off}} from Aberdeen.{{Cite book |title=TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain |publisher=Platform 5 Publishing Ltd |year=2017 |isbn=978-1909431-26-3 |editor-last=Bridge |editor-first=Mike |edition=3rd |location=Sheffield |pages=96}}

History

The station here was opened (along with the line) in 1854 by the Great North of Scotland Railway. It later became a junction for the Formartine and Buchan Railway, which diverged here and headed north to Peterhead and Fraserburgh; this opened to traffic in 1861 and had its own platforms alongside the main line ones. Passenger services over both branches ended as a result of the Beeching Axe on 4 October 1965 but the station remained open until 6 May 1968.{{Daniels-NoMore |edition=2nd |page=47 }} Freight continued to Peterhead until 1970 and to Fraserburgh until October 1979. There is still evidence on the ground of the old branch platforms which sat on the site of the station car park. The former branch lines are now a long distance cycle path, accessible from the western end of the car park.

The station was reopened by British Rail on 15 September 1984.{{Cite news|last=Holme|first=Chris|date=15 September 1984|title=Dyce first stop in new rail era|page=19|work=Evening Express|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19840915/265/0019|access-date=12 March 2021}}

= Signalling =

File:Dyce(1).jpg

Dyce signal box, which opened in 1880, was 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.

The signal box was demolished in August 2019 as part of upgrades to the Inverness to Aberdeen line that saw the track between Inverurie and Aberdeen be doubled.{{cite web |last1=Drysdale |first1=Neil |date=14 August 2019 |title=Historic Dyce signal box from the 1890s demolished in less than 90 minutes |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1817710/dyce-signal-box-from-the-1890s-demolished-in-less-than-90-minutes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909111100/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1817710/dyce-signal-box-from-the-1890s-demolished-in-less-than-90-minutes/ |archive-date=9 September 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |website=Press and Journal}} The box had been offered for sale but due to its close proximity to a working line, no use could be found for it and nobody wanted to remove the box to another location.

= Raiths Farm =

{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2022}}File:Raith's Farm Railfreight Terminal - geograph.org.uk - 1581192.jpg

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 replaced the Guild Street yard at {{Stnlnk|Aberdeen}}, allowing the latter site, which occupied 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 facility began operations in 2009.

Location

Although Dyce station is located next to the runway of Aberdeen Airport, and aircraft can be seen landing and taking off from the station platform, there is no direct link between Dyce station and the airport, as the passenger terminal is the other side of the runway.

Facilities

The station has two platforms connected by a new fully accessible footbridge, implemented in 2014. The station is unstaffed and there is no ticket office, but automatic ticket vending machines are provided. Other facilities include car park, taxi rank, cycle storage, seating and a simple shelter on each platform. Automated announcements, customer help points, timetable posters and train information displays offer running information. Both platforms are fully accessible for disabled passengers, with lifts in the footbridge and level access from the main car park to platform 2.{{Cite web |title=National Rail Enquiries - |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/dyce-station-plan |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.nationalrail.co.uk}}

Passenger volume

class="wikitable"

|+Passenger volume at Dyce{{Cite web |title=Estimates of station usage {{!}} ORR Data Portal |url=https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=dataportal.orr.gov.uk}}

!2002–03

!2004–05

!2005–06

!2006–07

!2007–08

!2008–09

!2009–10

!2010–11

!2011–12

!2012–13

!2013–14

!2014–15

!2015–16

!2016–17

!2017–18

!2018–19

!2019–20

!2020–21

!2021–22

!2022–23

Entries and exits

|238,949

|269,263

|334,731

|401,021

|453,635

|487,972

|515,524

|579,660

|677,860

|759,898

|810,678

|823,866

|664,396

|517,586

|466,700

|358,670

|356,388

|86,520

|216,102

|260,000

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

The typical service in trains per hour is:eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214

2 tph to Inverurie, of which 1 train per hour 2 hours continues to Inverness
2 tph to Aberdeen, of which 1 continues to Montrose

On Sundays, the service to Inverurie is reduced to 1 tph, of which 5 trains per day continue to Inverness, the service to Aberdeen reduces to 1 train per hour, and these trains do not continue to Montrose.

These services were largely introduced in 2018, as part of the Aberdeen Crossrail project, which saw the introduction of hourly services from Inverurie to Montrose, as well as half hourly trains between Inverurie and Aberdeen, consequently requiring the track to be largely redoubled.[http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/aberdeen-to-inverness-rail-improvement-project/ "Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvement Project, Scotland"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820013749/http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/aberdeen-to-inverness-rail-improvement-project/ |date=20 August 2016 }}Railway-technology.com article; Retrieved 19 August 2016{{Rail start}}

{{Rail line

|previous = {{Stnlnk|Aberdeen}}

|next = {{Stnlnk|Kintore}}

|route = ScotRail
Aberdeen to Inverness Line

|col = {{ScotRail colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Aberdeen}}
Towards {{stnlnk|Montrose}}|next={{Stnlnk|Kintore}}
Towards {{stnlnk|Inverurie}}|route=ScotRail
Aberdeen Crossrail |col={{ScotRail colour}} }}

{{Rail line

|next = {{Stnlnk|Pitmedden}}
Line open; station closed

|previous = {{Stnlnk|Stoneywood}}
Line open; station closed

|route = Great North of Scotland Railway
GNoSR Main Line

|col = {{GNoSR colour}} }}

{{Rail line

|previous =

|next = {{Stnlnk|Parkhill}}
Line closed; station closed

|route = Great North of Scotland Railway
Formartine and Buchan Railway

|col = {{GNoSR colour}} }}

Connections

Until May 2017 Stagecoach Bluebird's operated an 80 Jet Connect bus shuttle service between Dyce station and Aberdeen Airport, but this service was discontinued due to low passenger numbers.{{cite news |last1=Beattie |first1=Keiran |date=15 May 2017 |title=Bumpy Ride for Passengers |work=The Press and Journal |location=Aberdeen |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-press-and-journal-aberdeen/20170515/281608125359291 |url-status=dead |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906224810/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-press-and-journal-aberdeen/20170515/281608125359291 |archive-date=6 September 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Assessing the State of the Bus Network in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire |url=https://www.nestrans.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/5aapp-State-of-the-Network-Report_Final.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119181410/https://www.nestrans.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/5aapp-State-of-the-Network-Report_Final.pdf |archive-date=19 November 2021 |access-date=2021-11-19 |website=North East Bus Alliance |page=45}} In 2019, First Aberdeen launched its X27 service which connects the railway station to the airport, heliports, and the P&J Live.{{Cite web |date=October 2019 |title=X27 Guild Street to Dyce Railway Station |url=https://www.firstgroup.com/uploads/maps/X27_WEB_Oct2019.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119181455/https://www.firstbus.co.uk/uploads/maps/X27_WEB_Oct2019.pdf |archive-date=19 November 2021 |access-date=4 September 2020 |website=First Group}}{{Cite web |last=Merson |first=Adele |title=Aberdeen bus bosses rule out extending talks over controversial changes |url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/aberdeen-bus-bosses-rule-out-extending-talks-over-controversial-changes1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915071242/https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/aberdeen-bus-bosses-rule-out-extending-talks-over-controversial-changes1/ |archive-date=15 September 2020 |access-date=2020-09-04 |website=Evening Express |date=16 November 2016 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=17 January 2020 |title=X27 Timetable |url=https://www.aberdeenairport.com/media/h1jlfmbm/x27-full-week-timetable-v2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118102939/https://www.aberdeenairport.com/media/h1jlfmbm/x27-full-week-timetable-v2.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2021 |access-date=3 January 2021 |website=Aberdeen Airport}}

A more frequent bus connection to Dyce airport, the 727, runs from Aberdeen railway station, the next stop south of Dyce.

References

External links

[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/locationnew.php?loc=Dyce Railscot - Dyce]

Category:Railway stations in Aberdeen

Category:Airport railway stations in the United Kingdom

Category:Railway stations served by ScotRail

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1984

Category:Reopened railway stations in Great Britain

Category:Beeching closures in Scotland

Category:Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations

Category:1854 establishments in Scotland