Trains to Dundee - Station Details and further Information on Dundee Train Services
Dundee train station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. The station has two through platforms and two terminal platforms. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 59 miles north east of Edinburgh. Services are offered by National Express East Coast, CrossCountry and Scotrail.
Dundee has direct connections to Newcastle, York and London King's Cross, plus CrossCountry Trains services to Birmingham and the West Country of England. More frequent services run to Glasgow Queen Street, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
For a period of time Dundee was the starting station of the longest direct rail journey in Britain - the 06.43 Virgin Cross Country service to Penzance, which took just over 12 hours to complete. The station was the terminus of the reverse of this journey, the 08:30 Arriva CrossCountry service from Penzance which arrived at Dundee at 20:25. As of December 14 2008, the longest through journey is now the 0820 from Aberdeen to Penzance, arriving into Penzance at 2150, a staggering 13.5 hours long.
There is to be a new multi-million pound train station built, replacing the current one. While the new station is under construction the current one will remain in use. The Dundee Waterfront project is due to end in 2031. The project will mean the destruction of a lot of buildings to make way for new ones and seaports. Included in the plans are a major revamp to the Tay Road Bridge, other buildings include a brand new multi-million pound Hilton hotel and a brand new Olympia Lesuire Centre. |