Lochee railway station

Lochee
Lochee
	Former station building, now Lochee Burns Club
General information
Location	Lochee, Dundee; Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
10 June 1861	Opened
10 January 1955	Closed

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

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]

References

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 259. OCLC 931112387.
^ 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

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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.

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