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This was a junction between the Forfar and Brechin Railway lines (opened 1895) and the Brechin and Edzell District Railway line (opened 1896).

The signal box was on the north side of the lines at the junction.

From 1896 to 1917 this was a four way junction. A short section of double ran from by the junction to Brechin (with catch points protecting Brechin from runaways as the line climbed from Brechin to the north junction). A single track ran to Brechin East Junction belonging to the Forfar and Brechin Railway (although not marked thus on contemporary OS maps). To the west the single track railway to Forfar South Junction ran parallel to the single track railway to Edzell for a mile, giving the appearance of a double track railway. Crossovers existed at the junction allowing access from Edzell and Forfar [2nd] to Brechin and Bridge of Dun.

The Brechin North Junction to Brechin East Junction line was lifted in 1917, although a short length was left as an over-run siding from the junction. The line lifted was for the Great War effort. This link was not reinstated.

The signal box closed in 1934. After this date the lines to Forfar South Junction and Edzell ran as parallel single track railways from Brechin through to the division between the lines.

The line to Forfar South Junction closed in 1958 and that to Edzell in 1964.

The formation of the junction can still be made out, the location being a footpath. The Brechin and Edzell District Railway is a nature trail going west through the northern part of Brechin.

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