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| Arbroath railway station | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Arbroath |
| Local authority | Angus |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ARB |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.373 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.397 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.393 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Arbroath and Forfar Railway, Dundee and Arbroath Railway & North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway |
| Pre-grouping | CR & NBR |
| Post-grouping | LMS & LNER |
| 1 February 1848 | Opened |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Arbroath from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
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.
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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.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Dundee | CrossCountry Cross Country Network |
Montrose | ||
| Carnoustie | First ScotRail Glasgow to Aberdeen Line Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line |
Montrose | ||
| Carnoustie | First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper |
Montrose | ||
| Dundee | NXEC East Coast Main Line |
Montrose | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Elliot Junction Line open; Station Closed |
CR & NBR |
Link line station | ||
| Link line station | Caledonian Railway |
Colliston Line partially open; Station closed |
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| Link line station | North British Railway |
Letham Grange Line open; Station closed |
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Gallery
 The southbound platform |
.jpg) From the north on an Aberdeen-Kings Cross train |
Sources
- Butt, R.V.J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st Edition, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.