Invergowrie railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Invergowrie, west of the city of Dundee, Scotland on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. It is the only intermediate station between Dundee and Perth, on the Glasgow to Dundee line, approximately 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) from Dundee station – and only around 500 yards (460 metres) from the city's western boundary – and just over 17 miles (27 kilometres) from Perth.[3] ScotRail, who manage the station, provide all the services.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Invergowrie, Perth and Kinross Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°27′23″N 3°03′28″W / 56.4563°N 3.0578°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NO349298 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ING[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Dundee and Perth Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  5,166 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 1,942 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  5,166 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 10,336 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 20,866 | ||||
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History
editIt was built by the Dundee and Perth Railway, a constituent company of the Scottish Central Railway and later the Caledonian Railway and opened in 1848. It has been threatened with closure on several occasions since the 1950s, narrowly avoiding the Beeching Axe and being reprieved again by British Rail in 1985 (unlike neighbouring Errol, which closed in September that year).
Transport Scotland announced in March 2016 that Invergowrie would be one of several stations to benefit from a timetable upgrade that will see 200 additional services introduced across the Scotrail network from 2018.[4]
The c.1900 footbridge is category C listed.[5]
Accidents and incidents
editAn accident in October 1979, due to a signal passed at danger, killed five people and injured 59 others.[6][7][8][9]
Facilities
editThe station only has very basic facilities. Platform 2 has a small shelter, a bench and a payphone, whilst platform 1 only has a single bench. The only step-free access at the station is between Station Road and platform 2, although the ramp has a moderate gradient. The platforms are linked by a footbridge.[10] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Passenger volume
edit| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 1,345 | 1,365 | 1,740 | 1,644 | 1,664 | 1,144 | 1,758 | 2,078 | 2,338 | 2,980 | 4,674 | 4,404 | 4,292 | 4,308 | 6,096 | 5,722 | 5,166 | 1,942 | 5,166 | 10,336 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
editAs of May 2023, there is a roughly hourly service which calls here to both Glasgow Queen Street and Dundee. A small number of extra trains run at peak times to/from Perth, and there are also a few trains to/from Aberdeen or Arbroath to the east as extensions of the service to Dundee. There is no Sunday service.[12]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Perth | ScotRail GlasgowｰDundee Line |
Dundee | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Longforgan Line open; Station closed |
Dundee and Perth Railway Caledonian Railway |
Ninewells Line open; Station closed | ||
References
edit- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 92. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
- ^ "Scotrail rail revolution declared as 39 carriages 'to be retained by ScotRail' instead of going else | Rail.co.uk". www.rail.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "INVERGOWRIE STATION ROAD, INVERGOWRIE STATION, FOOTBRIDGE OVER RAILWAY (LB13458)". Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Hall, Stanley (1987). Danger Signals. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1704-2.
- ^ Department of Transport; Maj C.F. Rose (1981). Report on the Collision that occurred on 22 October 1979 at Invergowrie in the Scottish Region British Railways. HMSO. ISBN 0-11-550543-1.
- ^ MacDonald, George; Duncan, Ray (23 October 1979). "4 dead, 53 hurt in train crash which baffled the rail experts". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Morkis, Stefan (23 October 2014). "Rail disaster remembered". The Courier and Advertiser. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 214
External links
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- Train times and station information for Invergowrie railway station from National Rail
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