Montrose [CR]

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Montrose [CR] (1848-1934)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.

Description

This station was a terminus. Also known as Montrose East. It was the terminus of the 1848 Aberdeen Railway branch from Dubton and was approached from the north east, the line going from Montrose turning first north and then north west to reach Dubton. (The main line of the Aberdeen Railway was extended north to Portlethen in 1849.)

There was a single platform on the north side of the terminating line. This platform later gained a bay at the east end, on the north side (probably for Bervie trains). The passenger station was substantially rebuilt in 1864 with a larger building (by John Willett) which had a trainshed over the line. The centre part of the building is of two storeys with side wings of a single storey. The road entry was from the south side of Railway Place and the station had a forecourt.

To the south of the passenger station was a large goods yard. To the south of this was a line which ran to Montrose Grain Store, Montrose Wet Dock, several shipyards and Montrose Harbour. To the north was Montrose [CR] Timber Yard.

There was a signal box at the station throat, on the south side of the alignment.

All these lines were approached from the Dubton direction. Not far north on that line was Broomhill Junction for the line to Inverbervie (1865) and, later, also the junction for Montrose (North British Railway) (1881 goods 1883 passengers).

The line to the harbour was met by the North British Railway line (1881) in the west of the harbour.

The station closed to passengers in 1934 and the box was closed. The approach from Dubton closed between Dubton and Broomfield Junction in 1963. The Inverbervie line closed in 1966.

Until 1967, when it closed completely, the station could be reached through Montrose Harbour or by reversal at Broomfield Junction.

The area of the extensive sidings at this station is now largely a housing estate. The station building remains as a retirement home but its extensive trainshed was removed and has replaced with a tasteful canopy. The building has been stone-cleaned. The station was closed in preference to the other station in Montrose which was on the Dundee to Aberdeen main line rather than the terminus of a short branch.

Tags

Station terminus

Aliases

Montrose East

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
10/04/2023



Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Aberdeen 1900: Aberdeenshire Sheet 75.11 (Old O.S. Maps of Aberdeenshire)

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: 40 Coast and Country Walks

Aberdeen City Centre History Tour

Aberdeen City Centre Through Time

Aberdeen in Old Picture Postcards

Aberdeen in the Fifties and Sixties

Aberdeen Remembered: By Aberdeen City Libraries and Museums

Aberdeen, Inverurie and Pitmedden (OS Landranger Map)

Aberdeen: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (RIAS illustrated architectural guides to Scotland)

Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland)

Aberdeenshire's Lost Railways

Angus and Kincardineshire's Lost Railways

BR Steam in Colour: London to Aberdeen from the Bill Reed Collection

Bradshaw's Guide Scotland's Railways East Coast Berwick to Aberdeen & Beyond: Volume 6

Brechin 1901: Forfarshire Sheet 28.13 (Old O.S. Maps of Forfarshire)

British Railways Steam - King's Cross to Aberdeen: From the Bill Reed Collection

Bygone Montrose: With Inverkeilor, Lunan Bay, Rossie, Usan, Ferryden, Bridge of Dun, Hillside, Dubton and Craigo

Caledonian Routes 1: Aberdeen, Strathmore Line & Branches

Cock o' the North: Aberdeen to Kyle of Lochalsh - Study in Diesel Power Through Its Various Stages

Great North Memories: Aberdeen No. 2: Scenes of the North East's Own Railway

Hidden Aberdeen: History on Your Doorstep and Under Your Feet

Joint Station: Aberdeen Station, 1867-1992

Landranger (54) Dundee & Montrose, Forfar & Arbroath (OS Landranger Map)

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Montrose The Postcard Collection

Montrose Through Time
National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases: Aberdeen v. 1m
On Either Side, 1939: The Train between London King's Cross & Edinburgh Waverley, Fort William, Inverness & Aberdeen (Old House)

OS Explorer Map (389) Forfar, Brechin and Edzell (OS Explorer Paper Map) (OS Explorer Active Map)

Railways Of Scotland 4: Aberdeen And The Grampians DVD - Cinerail

Railways Of Scotland 7: Perth To Kinnaber Junction DVD - Cinerail

The Montrose & Bervie Railway: A Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770-1966

The Railways of Aberdeen: 150 Years of History: One Hundred and Fifty Years of History
The Railways of Strathmore (Perth, Forfar and Brechin)The 'Subbies': The story of Aberdeen's suburban trains 1887-1987