It later became a junction for the Formartine and Buchan Railway, which diverged here and headed north to Peterhead and Fraserburgh; this opened to traffic in 1861 and had its own platforms alongside the main line ones.

[5] Dyce signal box, which opened in 1880, was a tall structure located at the south (Aberdeen) end of the station, on the east side of the railway.

A new freight terminal, named "Raiths Farm", has been built to the north of Dyce station, in a field on the west side of the railway.

The Raiths Farm facility replaced the Guild Street yard at Aberdeen, allowing the latter site, which occupied valuable land close to the city centre, to be redeveloped.

The Raiths Farm layout comprises arrival and departure lines to the north and south, a run-round loop and four sidings.

Other facilities include car park, taxi rank, cycle storage, seating and a simple shelter on each platform.

An "Aberdeen Crossrail" commuter service was introduced between Montrose and Inverurie, which will call here and the other intermediate stations en-route once per hour in each direction.

[11] The first stage of this work began in May 2018, with trains from the north terminating here and a rail-replacement bus service in operation to/from Aberdeen to allow the required track and signalling improvements to be carried out.