Dyce railway station
Dyce 
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Dyce Railway Station
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| Location | |
| Place | Dyce |
| Local authority | Aberdeen City Council |
| Coordinates | 57°12′20″N 2°11′33″W / 57.2056°N 2.1926°WCoordinates: 57°12′20″N 2°11′33″W / 57.2056°N 2.1926°W |
| Grid reference | NJ884128 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DYC |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.678 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.760 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.811 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.824 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.664 million |
| History | |
| 20 September 1854 | Opened |
| 6 May 1968 | Closed |
| 15 September 1984 | Reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dyce from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dyce railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, with some trains operating on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line and Glasgow to Aberdeen Line also extended to call at Dyce and Inverurie. This gives direct service from Dyce to Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and intermediate stations.
It is the closest station to Aberdeen Airport, whose runway is located next to the station. Aircraft can frequently be seen landing and taking off. However, the passenger terminal is the other side of the runway so a bus or taxi journey is required to reach it. Bus services to the airport terminal are provided by Stagecoach Bluebird's 80 Jet Connect route. However, for those travelling between the airport and Aberdeen city centre, direct bus services to/from the bus station at Union Square, such as route 727, are usually more convenient.
The station here was opened (along with the line) in 1854 by the Great North of Scotland Railway. It later became a junction for the Formartine and Buchan Railway, which diverged here and headed north to Peterhead & Fraserburgh; this opened to traffic in 1861 and had its own platforms alongside the main line ones. Passenger services over both branches ended as a result of the Beeching Axe on 4 October 1965 but the station remained open until 6 May 1968. Freight continued to Peterhead until 1970 and to Fraserburgh until October 1979. There is still evidence on the ground of the old branch platforms which sat on the site of the station car park. The former branch lines are now a long distance cycle path, accessible from the western end of the car park.
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