Arbroath railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Arbroath
other_name =
code = ARB

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caption = Arbroath railway station
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Arbroath
borough = Angus
latitude = 56.560
longitude = -2.589
usage0405 = 0.373
usage0506 = 0.397
usage0607 = 0.393
platforms = 2
original = Arbroath and Forfar Railway, Dundee and Arbroath Railway & North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway
pregroup = CR & NBR
postgroup = LMS & LNER
years = 1 February 1848
events = Opened

Arbroath railway station serves the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland. The station is 27 km (17 miles) east of Dundee on the line between Dundee and Aberdeen.

History

There have been three stations called "Arbroath", two of which closed in 1848. One - "Arbroath Catherine Street" - served the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway and Arbroath and Forfar Railway; the other - "Arbroath Lady Loan or Arbroath West" - was on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. The current station was originally opened on February 1 1848 as a link station to connect the Arbroath and Forfar Railway with the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. The station was modernised to become the main station in December 1911.

Jointly run by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway after the Grouping of 1923, the station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

There are generally two or three trains per hour between westbound to Dundee and eastbound to Aberdeen, with hourly services onwards from Dundee towards Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street.

Some East Coast Main Line services to London Kings Cross and CrossCountry routes towards England also stop at Arbroath.

On Sundays there is generally an hourly service in each direction.

rail line
previous = Elliot Junction
Line open; Station Closed
next = "Link line station"
route = CR & NBR

"'Dundee and Arbroath Railway
col = CR-NBR-Jt colour rail line
previous = "Link line station"
next = Colliston
Line partially open; Station closed
route = Caledonian Railway

"'Arbroath and Forfar Railway
col = Caledonian colour rail line
previous = "Link line station"
next = Letham Grange
Line open; Station closed
route = North British Railway

"'North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway
col = NBR colour
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Gallery

Sources

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* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Arbroath_New/body.htm History of Station]