Railway Station and Hotel

Construction in Progress

 

The existing station is located to the western edge of the Central Waterfront zone, facing South Union Street. It comprised of a Victorian building at platform level with a ticket hall and concourse of a 1960’s design at street level. The street level element was partially vacant and did not reflect the importance of Dundee Station which lies on the main east coast railway line.

A replacement for the previous ticket hall and concourse is now under construction and near completion. The mixed use building will comprise a new concourse area, café facilities and hotel accommodation at upper levels with a limited element of office space at first floor. The Sleeperz hotel chain will be the operator of the hotel.

The proposed station and its surrounding context can also be viewed by downloading the Dundee Waterfront Interactive Tour App for iPad and Android

 

 

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Construction Images:

(May 2018)

(April 2018)

(March 2018)

(February 2018)

(November 2017)

 

(October 2017)

Exterior construction work: New car park/ cycle parking & drop off areas:

 

 

(September 2017)

(August 2017)

 

(July 2017)

(May 2017)

 

(April 2017)

These images show the new station concourse area with the main doorframes now being installed. Work is continuing at the upper levels to form the hotel accommodation with bathroom units having now arrived on site, ventilation ducting being installed and internal walls being formed.

(March 2017)

 

(February 2017)

(December 2016)

 

(November 2016)

(October 2016)

(September 2016)

With the foundations now complete the construction of the steel frame is well underway: The building frame will be completed over the next four months. The canopy frame which links the main concourse to the platform building is already in place. The frame is being constructed in modules away from the site, which allows them to be constructed safely without disruption to the railway. These modules are then lifted into place using two 600-tonne capacity cranes during the night when the railway is closed to trains. A video showing the frame being lifted into place is available.

Video footage showing the Station framework being hoisted into place

 

 

(August 2016)

The steel frame for the new station building arrived during August. Work on the foundations are complete and the erection of the steel frame has now begun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(July 2016)

(May 2016) In the early hours of Wednesday 25 May the first two sets of structural beams were laid above the main East Coast Rail line. This work was undertaken overnight between 01:30hrs and 05:30hrs to avoid disruption to train services.

 

(April 2016) Piling works to the north and south of the Railway are expected to be complete by the end of April. the next phase is to progress towards the construction of a concrete bridge over the railway in order to support the new station building.

 

(Jan 2016) Work to provide protection for the main east coast rail line are now in place with construction crews preparing the site:

 

(May 2015): Works to clear the construction site are now complete - with the removal of the previous station entrance building and platform access as well as a former engineering building to the north. A temporary ticket hall and entrance to the Station is currently available on Riverside Drive.

 

 

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