Dundee West Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Dundee West GoodsOpened on the Dundee and Perth Railway.
Description
This goods depot was directly north of the present Dundee station, which belong to the competing North British Railway. Dundee West was the Caledonian Railway station and was to its immediate north until its closure in 1965. The goods yard was approached from the west, from the line from Perth.
The goods yard and Dundee West were built on reclaimed land. as the eastern terminus of the Dundee and Perth Railway. The yard was rebuilt after the 1863 merger with the Scottish Central Railway. This version was to have Dundee Goods Sidings signal box, at the point of divergence of the goods lines from the approach to Dundee West. This box closed in 1887, taken over by the new Buckingham Junction box. (It appears to have remained in place for some time.)
It was rebuilt again in the 1880s. There was a large goods shed and two faced loading bank to the south. A street tramway continued east from the goods yard (Dundee Harbour Line) to the docks and Dundee East station.
In addition to the goods yard there were mineral sidings further west on the north side of the railway.
Approach to the yard was from just east of Buckingham Junction.
The yard survived the closure of Dundee West.
The site is now built over.
Tags
Sidings goods
| Nearby stations Dundee West Dundee Dundee Ward Road Dundee Trades Lane Dundee East Dundee Esplanade Magdalen Green Roodyards Offset at Back of Law Crossroads Lochee Newport-on-Tay East Newport-on-Tay West Ninewells Junction [Station] Stannergate | Dundee Signalling Centre Tay Bridge Goods Dundee Craig Harbour Dock Street Tunnel Dundee Earl Grey Dock Tay Bridge Minerals Dundee Tay Bridge Shed Dundee Ward Road Shed Seabraes Engine Works Tay Foundry [1st] Dundee West Mineral Yard Tourist/other Discovery Point RRS Discovery V and A Museum Dundee HM Frigate Unicorn |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 03/05/1965 | Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee West to Buckingham Junction closed to passengers. With both Dundee West and Dundee Tay Bridge [Station] having lost services the latter was able to take on the traffic of the former. Dundee West Goods remains open and Tay Bridge Goods closed (although much remains open as sidings). |
