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This was where the routes from Forfar [2nd] and Arbroath merged to run north to Aberdeen. The line from Forfar was the principal route, the Strathmore line.

Both railways were double track and both are now closed. The route south to Friockheim Junction had a chequered history, opening and re-closing several times (see Friockheim Junction for more details).

There was a signal box on the east side of the junction. The box opened during the final open period (which commenced when the Tay Bridge [1st] was opened to provide a route to the north). It survived the closure of the Friockheim curve and closed in 1917.

To the immediate north east was Glasterlaw station. On the line south there was the Friockheim Viaduct and on the line west was Guthrie Junction.

The remaining main line closed in 1967. Line lifting was rapid, track being taken to be used elsewhere.

The location is best visited by walking down a dirt road which once had had two level crossings over it.

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