Lochee railway station

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Coordinates: 56°28′11″N 3°00′22″W / 56.469798°N 3.006088°W / 56.469798; -3.006088

Lochee
Old Station, Lochee..jpg
Former station building, now Lochee Burns Club
LocationLochee, Dundee
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDundee and Newtyle Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
10 June 1861 (1861-06-10)Opened
10 June 1955 (1955-06-10)Closed

Lochee railway station served the area of Lochee, Dundee, Scotland from 1861 to 1955 on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.

History[]

Designed by Edinburgh architect Sir James Gowans for the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, it was opened on 10 June 1861. A loop ran to Lochee Goods and Camperdown Line Works. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 10 January 1955.[1]

The station building was converted to in 1972 to the Lochee Burns Club, a social club and is now a category B listed building.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 259. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Street, Lochee and Old Muirton Road Former Lochee Station, now Lochee Burns Club (LB25365)". Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "RAILSCOT-Lochee". Railscot. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

External links[]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Baldovan
Line and station closed 		  Dundee and Newtyle Railway   Lochee West
Line and station closed


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