Trains to Broughty Ferry - Station Details and further Information on Broughty Ferry Train Services
Broughty Ferry train station serves the suburban town of Broughty Ferry in Dundee, Scotland. The station was opened on 6 October 1838 on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. When North British Railway were granted joint ownership of the line on 21 July 1879, the station buildings were gradually rebuilt until around 1900.
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 First ScotRail provides Broughty Ferry with only two trains a day towards Carnoustie and three trains per day towards Dundee, Mondays to Saturdays. These offer through service to/from Edinburgh and Glasgow, but are not timed conveniently for passengers wishing to commute to Dundee, who were historically the station's raison d'être. There is also a mid morning service (1043) to Edinburgh but again is not at a very handy time. Consequently, patronage of the station is now very low. |
