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Forfar, Market Street, Station

Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Forfar, Market Street, Station

Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Forfar Station

Canmore ID 143290

Site Number NO45SE 155

NGR NO 4593 5136

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Forfar
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO45SE 155 4593 5136

For adjacent railway yard, see NO45SE 97. For engine shed and repair works (NO 4617 5183), see NO45SE 96.

This intermediate station on the Perth - Kinnanber Junction - Aberdeen ('Strathmore') line of the former Caledonian Rly was opened on 2 August 1848 by the Aberdeen Rly. It succeeded an earlier station of the Arbroath and Forfar Rly, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 4 September 1967.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 April 1999.

R V J Butt 1995.

Architecture Notes

Station opened 31/1/1839 (Arbroath and Forfar Railway)

Closed 4/9/1967

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