This line is closed. The line is also known as the Dundee and Forfar Direct Line and was opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1870.
A railway between Dundee East and Forfar [2nd], via Arbroath and Guthrie, already existed but the route was considerably longer than the new line. The route taken had a low population but passed through good farmed countryside. The chief engineering feature was the Dighty Water Viaduct, near Broughty Ferry, which still stands. Due to the constraints of the site at its southern end the line flew over the coastal main line before meeting it at a junction in the east of Broughty Ferry.
It was closed to passengers in 1955 and severed at Forfar in 1958 to become a long goods and minerals only branch from Broughty Ferry. The line closed in 1967.
Much of the route is ploughed out.
These locations are along the line.
This was a single platform station, the first north from Broughty Ferry on the direct line to Forfar [2nd]. The station building was of the same style as Kingennie and Kirkbuddo.
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This siding was on the line to Forfar [2nd] from Broughty Ferry (Balmossie station is on the coast line). It was just south west of Dighty Water Viaduct making a connection facing Broughty Ferry, the siding being on the south/east side of the line. Originally the siding split in two, but latterly was cut back a little and was a single siding. A road from the coast served the ...
More detailsThis is a disused single track seven arch viaduct in the north east of Broughty Ferry. A listed. It carried the direct line from Broughty Ferry to Forfar North Junction. (Also known as the Balmossie Viaduct.) The viaduct is 393 ft long overall and 78 ft high.
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This was a two platform station with a passing loop. The main station building was on the northbound platform. The station building was of the same style as Barnhill (Angus) and Kirkbuddo.
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This was a timber halt built beside Gagie Goods Station.
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This quarry branch was served from a loop on the single track line. There were several sidings internal to the quarry.
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This was a single platform station, with the platform on the south side of the line. The station opened in 1872, two years after the line. The station building was of the same style as that at Kingsmuir - brick ends, timber glazed section in the middle and a single sloping back roof above.
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This was a two platform station with a passing loop on a single track railway. The station house was on the northbound platform and there was a waiting room on each platform. The station building was of the same style as Barnhill (Angus) and Kirkbuddo.
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This was a single platform station to the north of a road overbridge and located in a deep cutting. The platform was on the east side of the line. The station building was of the same style as that at Monikie - brick ends, timber glazed section in the middle and a single sloping back roof above. The location of the station was not convenient for the village, being about a mile away to the ...
More detailsAt Forfar North Junction the routes west to Forfar [1st] (Playfield) and Perth diverged and the routes east to Aberdeen and Broughty Ferry diverged. The Arbroath and Forfar Railway (arriving here in 1839), Scottish Midland Junction Railway (1848) and Dundee and Forfar Direct Railway (1870) met here.
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