Dundee and Arbroath Railway

Dundee and Arbroath Railway
Locale Scotland Dates of operation October 1838 – 1 February 1880 Successor line Caledonian Railway / North British Railway Track gauge Initially 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm); converted to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Length 16.75 miles (26.96 km)
Legend
- - Arbroath and Forfar Railway - - North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway St Vigean's Junction Arbroath Catherine Street (A&FR) Arbroath (new) Arbroath Lady Loan - - Carmyllie Railway Elliot Junction Easthaven Carnoustie Golf Street Halt Barry Links Buddon Monifieth - - Dundee and Forfar Direct Line Barnhill Junction Broughty Ferry Pier Broughty Ferry West Ferry Stannergate Camperdown Junction Dundee East Dundee Tay Bridge - - North British Railway (to Tay Bridge and associated lines)

The Dundee and Arbroath Railway was a railway link between those two towns in Scotland.

Contents 1 History 2 Connections to other lines 3 Current operations 4 References 5 External links

History

The railway company received its Parliamentary Act on 19 May 1836. It was planned as a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) gauge railway, because, at that time, it was expected to be a purely local railway with no connection to the national network. The main part of the line, some 14.5 miles (23.3 km) from Arbroath to a temporary terminus at Craigie, opened on 6 October 1838. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) extension to Roodyards, at the east end of Dundee, opened on 3 June 1839, and the final section, of only 0.75 miles (1.21 km) from Roodyards to Trades Lane opened on 2 April 1840.

It soon became clear that the railway could not remain isolated from the rest of the network, and on 19 May 1845 a conference was held in London between representatives of the Dundee & Arbroath Railway, the Dundee & Perth Railway and the Arbroath & Forfar Railway to agree how to provide through traffic over the three railways.

This required the line to be converted to standard gauge, which took place on 6 July 1847. Then, on 23 December 1847, a connecting line at Arbroath was opened, which linked it to the Arbroath & Forfar Railway.

In May 1848 the short branch from Broughty Ferry to Broughty Ferry Pier opened. This formed the northern terminal of the ferry service across the Firth of Tay from Ferryport-on-Craig, which was operated by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway. This branch closed when the Tay Bridge opened.^[1]

On 31 August 1848 the Dundee and Perth Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament to lease the company, with the latter being renamed as Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Company. Although the Dundee & Perth Railway operated the Dundee & Arbroath line, and paid rental to the Dundee & Arbroath company, the lease was never executed, and the arrangement was dissolved on 9 March 1850. The Dundee & Arbroath worked its own undertaking again from that date.^[2]

The original terminus station in Dundee, Trades Lane station, was replaced by the new Dundee East station on 14 December 1857.

On January 31, 1862 it was absorbed into the Scottish North Eastern Railway. On 1 February 1880 (as a result of an Act of Parliament on 21 July 1879), the line passed jointly to the Caledonian Railway and North British Railway, which in turn became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Eastern Railway respectively as a result of the 1923 grouping.

Connections to other lines

Current operations

With the exception of the short spurs for the stations at Dundee East, Broughty Ferry Pier and Arbroath West, the line is still open, with passenger services operated by First ScotRail and East Coast.

References

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). 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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• RAILSCOT on Dundee and Arbroath Railway
• Gazeteer of Scotland OCR'd in Electric Scotland

External links

• March 1843 timetable from Bradshaw's Railway Monthly (XVI) (text) (scan)

Constituent companies of Scottish North Eastern Railway Successor Company Caledonian Railway Constituent Companies Aberdeen Railway Alyth Arbroath and Forfar Dundee and Arbroath Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Scottish Midland Junction

Constituent companies of Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Company Successor Company Scottish Central Railway Constituent Companies Dundee and Arbroath Railway Dundee and Newtyle Railway Dundee and Perth Railway

Constituent railway companies of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Constituent companies Caledonian Railway Furness Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Highland Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway London and North Western Railway Midland Railway North Staffordshire Railway Subsidiary companies Arbroath and Forfar Railway Brechin and Edzell District Railway Callander and Oban Railway Cathcart District Railway Charnwood Forest Railway Cleator and Workington Junction Railway Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway Dearne Valley Railway Dornoch Light Railway Dundee and Newtyle Railway Harborne Railway Killin Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Knott End Railway Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway Maryport and Carlisle Railway Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway North and South Western Junction Railway North London Railway Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company Solway Junction Railway Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway Wirral Railway Yorkshire Dales Railway Former joint railways Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway Citadel Station Joint Committee Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Furness and Midland Joint Railway Goods Traffic Committee Lancashire Union Railway North Union Railway Preston and Longridge Railway Preston and Wyre Joint Railway Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway (Full list of constituents)

Constituent railway companies of the London and North Eastern Railway Constituent companies Great Central Railway Great Eastern Railway Great Northern Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Hull and Barnsley Railway North British Railway North Eastern Railway Subsidiary companies Brackenhill Light Railway Colne Valley and Halstead Railway East and West Yorkshire Union Railway East Lincolnshire Railway Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Forcett Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Gifford and Garvald Light Railway Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Horncastle Railway Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway Lauder Light Railway London and Blackwall Railway Mansfield Railway Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Newburgh and North Fife Railway North Lindsey Light Railway Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Nottingham Joint Station Committee Nottingham Suburban Railway Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway Sheffield District Railway South Yorkshire Junction Railway Stamford and Essendine Railway West Riding and Grimsby Railway (Full list of constituents)

Historical Scottish railway companies Primary companies Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Highland Railway North British Railway Caledonian Railway Aberdeen Railway Alloa Railway Alyth Arbroath and Forfar Busby Railway Cathcart District Clydesdale Junction Crieff Junction Crieff and Comrie Crieff and Methven Junction Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Dunblane, Doune and Callander Dundee and Perth Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Forfar and Brechin General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Glasgow and Garnkirk Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Greenock and Wemyss Bay Hamilton and Strathaven Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Leadhills and Wanlockhead Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Paisley and Barrhead District Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Polloc and Govan Rutherglen and Coatbridge Scottish Central Scottish Midland Junction Scottish North Eastern Solway Junction Symington, Biggar and Broughton Talla Railway Wishaw and Coltness Lines built by the Caledonian Railway CR Cleland and Midcalder CR Main Line CR Douglas Branch CR Hamilton Branch CR Hamiltonhill Branch CR The Switchback Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway Callander and Oban Killin Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Ardrossan Railway Ardrossan and Johnstone Ayr and Dalmellington Ayr and Maybole Junction Ayr to Mauchline Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Barrhead Branch Bridge of Weir Railway Cairn Valley Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Castle Douglas and Dumfries Dalry and North Johnstone Darvel Branch Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Greenock and Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Troon Largs Branch Maidens and Dunure Maybole and Girvan Paisley and Renfrew Paisley Canal Line Great North of Scotland Railway Aberdeen and Turriff Aboyne and Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Boddam Branch Deeside Railway Denburn Valley Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Moray Coast Morayshire Railway St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway Highland Railway Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose Branch Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Inverness and Aviemore Direct Inverness and Nairn Inverness and Perth Junction Inverness and Ross-shire Kyle of Lochalsh Extension Perth and Dunkeld Sutherland and Caithness Sutherland Railway Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway Dornoch Light Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway North British Railway Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Ballochney Bathgate and Coatbridge Blane Valley Border Counties Railway Border Union Railway Campsie Branch Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company Coatbridge Branch Dunfermline and Queensferry Edinburgh and Bathgate Edinburgh and Dalkeith Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Hawick Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Forth and Clyde Junction Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Glasgow City and District Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Kelvin Valley Railway Kirkcaldy and District Railway Kincardine Line Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Monkland and Kirkintilloch Monkland Railways Mallaig Extension NBR North Berwick Branch North British, Arbroath and Montrose Stirling and Dunfermline Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Slamannan Slamannan and Borrowstounness West Highland Railway Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Joint lines Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction City Union Dundee and Arbroath Darvel and Strathaven Glasgow and Paisley Joint Glasgow and Renfrew District Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Other lines Brechin and Edzell District Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway Denburn Valley Line Dundee and Arbroath Invergarry and Fort Augustus Lochaber Narrow Gauge Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway