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.
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 Arbroath railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Arbroath, Angus Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 56°33′34″N 2°35′21″W / 56.5594°N 2.5892°W | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.370 million | ||||
| Interchange | 27,230 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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History
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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]
Facilities
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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]
Passenger volume
editThe 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]
| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 284,392 | 373,219 | 396,979 | 393,408 | 427,820 | 410,162 | 393,310 | 404,212 | 398,892 | 388,320 | 388,612 | 392,994 | 383,102 | 361,038 | 367,468 | 369,906 | 377,582 | 53,058 | 229,364 | 293,274 |
| Interchanges | –[nb 1] | 171 | 195 | 96 | 473 | 117 | 75 | 104 | 188 | 527 | 777 | 800 | 916 | 1,185 | 2,396 | 27,230 | 17,952 | 1,137 | 8,605 | 14,504 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
editThere 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
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Following station | ||
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| 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 | ||
Notes
edit- ^ No data available.
References
edit- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 17.
- ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 95. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
- ^ Quick 2022, p. 53.
- ^ Awdry 1990, p. 152.
- ^ Brown, Graham (26 March 2021). "'Do they think we're going to be invaded?': Arbroath railway station bollards backlash". The Courier. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 214
Bibliography
edit- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- 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.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Arbroath railway station from National Rail