Arbirlot railway station

Arbirlot
Location of the station (2002)
General information
LocationArbirlot, Angus
Scotland
Line(s)Carmyllie Railway
Platforms?
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDundee and Arbroath Railway
Pre-groupingDundee and Arbroath Joint Railway
Post-groupingDundee and Arbroath Joint Railway
Key dates
1 February 1900Station opens
1 January 1917Station closes
1 February 1919Station reopens
2 December 1929Station closes

Arbirlot railway station served the village of Arbirlot in the Scottish county of Angus. The station was served by a branch line, the Carmyllie Railway, from Elliot Junction on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway running between Dundee and Arbroath.

History

The line opened as a private railway in 1854 but passenger stations, including Arbirlot, opened after a Light Railway Order was obtained. Services started in 1900. The line became a joint North British Railway and Caledonian Railway operation in 1880, and so was run as a joint London and North Eastern Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway after the Grouping of 1923. Although passenger services ceased after seven years of this management the goods service passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was not withdrawn by the British Railways Board until 1975.

References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Elliot Junction   Carmyllie Railway   Cuthlie

56°33′23″N 2°38′28″W / 56.55651°N 2.64114°W / 56.55651; -2.64114


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