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Lochee railway station

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

Lochee
Former station building, now Lochee Burns Club
General information
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 January 1955 (1955-01-10)Closed

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

History

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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]

References

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  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.


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