Balmossie railway station
Railway station in Angus, Scotland
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Balmossie railway station is a small railway station at the border between Dundee and Angus which serves the east of Broughty Ferry and the west of Monifieth. It is located 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between Broughty Ferry and Monifieth.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Monifieth, Angus Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56.4747°N 2.8384°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NO484317 | ||||
| Manager | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BSI[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | British Railways Scottish Region | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 18 June 1962 | Opened as Balmossie Halt[3] | ||||
| 16 May 1983 | Renamed Balmossie[3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  392 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  1,172 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 834 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1,186 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 1,708 | ||||
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History
The station was originally opened on 18 June 1962 as Balmossie Halt by British Rail Scottish Region[3] and renamed as Balmossie on 16 May 1983.[3][5]
Facilities
Facilities are very basic, comprising a bench on platform 2, and a shelter on platform 1. There is step-free access to both platforms, including via a ramped footbridge. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Passenger volume
| 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 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | |
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| Entries and exits | 136 | 993 | 1,227 | 615 | 406 | 804 | 362 | 314 | 1,078 | 1,446 | 1,092 | 992 | 1,364 | 698 | 984 | 1,524 | 392 | 1,172 | 834 | 1,186 | 1,708 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
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.[7][better source needed]
ScotRail provides Balmossie with only two trains a day southbound (one to Dundee and one to Glasgow Queen Street) and one northbound (to Arbroath), Mondays to Saturdays. There is no Sunday service.[8]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Broughty Ferry | 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 | ||
