Arbroath railway station

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Arbroath

Location

Place

Arbroath

Local authority

Angus

Operations

Station code

ARB

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.373 million

History

Key dates

Opened 1841

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* 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.

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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.

There have been three stations called "Arbroath", two of which closed in 1848. One - Arbroath (Catherine Streeet) - served the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway and Arbroath and Forfar Railway; the other - Arbroath West - was on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. The current station was originally opened on February 1, 1841 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.

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The southbound platform.

From the north on an Aberdeen-Kings Cross train.

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There are generally 2 or 3 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		Following station
Dundee	NXEC East Coast Main Line	Montrose
Dundee	CrossCountry Cross-Country Route	Montrose
Carnoustie	First ScotRail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line	Montrose
Carnoustie	First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper	Montrose
Historical Railways
Elliot Junction Line open; Station Closed	Dundee and Arbroath Railway	Link line station
Link line station	Arbroath and Forfar Railway	Colliston Line partially open; Station closed
Link line station	North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway	Letham Grange Line open; Station closed