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This junction was to the west of Forfar [2nd station, not so much south as more north west, indeed it was further north than Forfar North Junction which was east of Forfar [1st]. However in railway terms it was south of the station as it was closer to Perth.

This was the junction between the Scottish Midland Junction Railway and the Forfar and Brechin Railway.

The SMJR was a double track main line and the F&BR was a single track line, which doubled before meeting the main line. Initially the double track section on the minor line was long enough to let a Brechin bound train stand clear without fouling the junction if awaiting another train coming off the single track. The double track section on the branch was taken out after closure to passengers. The signal box, opened with the junction, was in the 'V' of the junction alongside the main line. A snow fence ran along the north side of the junction, to prevent snow drifts covering the railway. Catchpoints protected the mai line from runaways.

The junction allowed a train from Forfar [2nd] to take the branch line.

The branch closed to passengers in 1952. The box closed in 1960, replaced with a ground frame.

The junction and branch survived until 1967 and the closures which closed the main line completely east of Forfar [2nd] and closed the line west to Stanley Junction to passengers.

The line closed in 1982.

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