RAILSCOT | Magdalen Green

Magdalen Green

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Magdalen Green (1865-1956)

Opened on the Dundee and Perth Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station with the main station building on the eastbound platform. There was no goods yard. There was a signal box until 1925. The station closed in 1956.

The line remains open. A footbridge over the line crosses at the station site. This bridge was to the immediate east of the station's own footbridge.

Magdalen Green, now parkland, was the site of a Chapel dedicated to Mary Magdalen.

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map

Nearby stations Dundee Esplanade Dundee Ward Road Dundee Dundee West Ninewells Junction [Station] Lochee Dundee Trades Lane Dundee East Offset at Back of Law Lochee West Crossroads Wormit Roodyards Invergowrie Liff	Buckingham Junction Dundee West MPD Blackness Foundry Dundee West Mineral Yard Dundee Central Junction Seabraes Engine Works Dundee Tay Bridge Shed Ward Foundry Tay Bridge Minerals Dundee Ward Road Shed Tay Bridge Goods Dundee Signalling Centre Dundee West Goods Tay Bridge [1st] Tourist/other Esplanade Junction Signal Box
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

03/10/1901	Dundee and Perth Railway Permission to purchase land to widen line between Ninewells Junction and Magdalen Green.
/ /1902	Dundee and Perth Railway Agreement between Dundee Town council and Caledonian Railway to allow widening the line between Ninewells Junction and Magdalen Green confirmed.
11/06/1956	Dundee and Perth Railway Magdalen Green closed.

News items

01/11/2023	Magdalen Green land take on the cards as Network Rail look to boost central belt links [The Courier]
13/09/2023	Safety fears over huge hole in Dundee railway line footbridge [The Courier]