Arbroath railway station

Arbroath Scottish Gaelic: Obar Bhrothaig[1]
Arbroath railway station
General information
Location	Arbroath, Angus Scotland
Coordinates	56°33′34″N 2°35′21″W / 56.5594°N 2.5892°W / 56.5594; -2.5892
Grid reference	NO638409
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ARB[2]
History
Original company	Dundee and Arbroath Railway
Key dates
1 February 1848	Opened[3]
Passengers
2019/20	0.378 million
Interchange	17,952
2020/21	53,058
Interchange	1,137
2021/22	0.229 million
Interchange	8,605
2022/23	0.293 million
Interchange	14,504
2023/24	0.359 million
Interchange	2,142
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Arbroath railway station serves the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland. The station is 17 miles (27 km) east of Dundee on the line between Dundee and Aberdeen, between Carnoustie and Montrose. There are two crossovers at the north end of the station, which can be used to facilitate trains turning back if the line south to Carnoustie is blocked.^[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, provide most of the services, along with CrossCountry, London North Eastern Railway and Caledonian Sleeper.

There have been three stations called Arbroath, two of which closed in 1848: Arbroath Catherine Street served the Arbroath and Forfar Railway and Arbroath Lady Loan (or Arbroath West) was on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. The current station was originally opened by the Dundee and Arbroath Railway on 1 February 1848,^[3] albeit temporarily, as it was opened permanently on 14 December 1858 ^[5] as a link station to connect the Arbroath and Forfar Railway with the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. On 1 October 1880,^[6] the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway opened north towards Montrose.

Until 1990, the station had 3 active platforms and was the terminus of a regular local service from Perth and Dundee that called at all of the intermediate local stations between the latter station and here.^{[citation needed]}

The station building is built above the railway line and platforms,^[7] and contains the ticket office, lifts to platforms and toilets. Outside is a taxi rank drop-off point. Each of the platforms has a waiting room, a help point and a bench, whilst platform 1 also has a ticket machine, which is adjacent to the car park.^[8]

The main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Arbroath in the 2022–23 period was Dundee, making up 115,522 of the 293,274 journeys (39.4%).^[9]

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

There are generally two or three trains per hour westbound to Dundee and eastbound to Aberdeen, with hourly services onwards from Dundee towards Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street. London North Eastern Railway services to London King's Cross and CrossCountry routes towards England also stop at Arbroath. On Sundays there is generally an hourly service in each direction.^[10]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dundee		CrossCountry Cross Country Route		Montrose
Carnoustie		ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line		Montrose
Carnoustie		Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Montrose
Dundee		London North Eastern Railway Northern Lights (London – Aberdeen)		Montrose
	Historical railways
Elliot Junction Line open; Station Closed		CR & NBR Dundee and Arbroath Railway		Link line station
Link line station		Caledonian Railway Arbroath and Forfar Railway		Colliston Line partially open; Station closed
Link line station		North British Railway North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway		Letham Grange Line open; Station closed

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• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arbroath railway station.

• Station on navigable O.S. map.
• History of Station

• Train times and station information for Arbroath railway station from National Rail