Dyce railway station

Dyce
Looking west along the line to Inverness
Location
Place	Dyce
Local authority	Aberdeen
Coordinates	57°12′22″N 2°11′31″W / 57.206°N 2.192°W / 57.206; -2.192Coordinates: 57°12′22″N 2°11′31″W / 57.206°N 2.192°W / 57.206; -2.192
Operations
Station code	DYC
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.239 million
2004/05 *	0.269 million
2005/06 *	0.335 million
2006/07 *	0.401 million
2007/08 *	0.454 million
2008/09 *	0.488 million
2009/10 *	0.515 million
History
20 September 1854	Opened
2 October 1965	Closed
15 September 1984	Reopened
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* 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. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Dyce railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dyce, Aberdeen, 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. This gives it direct services to Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and intermediate stations. It also serves nearby Aberdeen Airport via the 80 Dyce Airlink shuttle bus.

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.

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, increasing to 43,000 in 2006–2007. Dyce also serves the airport, although up to now it does not seem to have been utilised very much by tourists (which may be due to the fact that the station is on the other side of the airport from the terminal, and previously lacked a direct bus link) but it does appear to be popular with oil workers returning from the rigs. In addition to the 80 Dyce Airlink shuttle bus, a taxi rank also provides a means of transport to the airport terminal.

80 Dyce Airlink

Main article: 80 Dyce Airlink

80 Dyce Airlink is a service operating from the station to Aberdeen Airport. Operated by Central Coaches Monday to Friday. On Saturdays First Aberdeen operated a X80 service.

Signalling

Dyce signal box

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.

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 replaced the Guild Street yard at 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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aberdeen		First Scotrail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line		Inverurie
Aberdeen		First ScotRail Aberdeen to Inverness Line		Inverurie
	Historical railways
Stoneywood Line open; Station closed		Great North of Scotland Railway GNoSR Main Line		Pitmedden Line open; Station closed
Terminus		Great North of Scotland Railway Formartine and Buchan Railway		Parkhill Line closed; Station closed