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This line runs along the north bank of the River Tay.

Chronology

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Description of route

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From Dundee to Arbroath.

This was Dundee's station for trains to the east (Arbroath) and north (Forfar). The station had a overall glass roof, like a small Glasgow Queen Street. It was located near the docks and had carriage sidings to the north of the main line. A gasworks was also served by sidings. Trains switched to Dundee Tay Bridge station on the line's closure.

There was a railway through the streets of Dundee to provide a link to Dundee West station.

A couple of sidings remain, for use for concrete trains, to the south of the former station site.

Camperdown Junction

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This was an east facing junction between the lines from the Dundee East terminus and the The Tay Bridge and associated lines coming up from the Dock Street Tunnel. The site was overlooked by a tall signalbox on the north side.

This terminus was replaced by Dundee East. It was built as the 'Dundee Trades Lane and Carolina Port Branch'.

This terminus was replaced by Dundee Trades Lane.

This was the first eastbound terminus in Dundee, replaced by Roodyards.

This station served the east of Dundee. It had two platforms with four running lines between them.

The building at this station remains and the 'humps' of the platforms can be just discerned.

This very fine station is famous for its level crossing, subway between platforms and footbridge between platforms. There was a bay platform at the west end. The station buildings still stand.

Just to the east of the station was a west facing junction for the line to Broughty Ferry Pier station. This link was lifted at an early date and its site built on some time ago.

This station was located by Broughty Ferry Castle and served by North British Railway boat-traims operating from Tayport and crossing on train ferries. This ferry was replaced by the Tay Bridge and associated lines. After collapse of the bridge the pier was brought back into service until the replacement bridge was opened.

Broughty Ferry Pier Junction

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This was an east facing junction between the Dundee to Arbroath line and the branch to Broughty Ferry Pier.

Barnhill Junction

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This was a west facing junction. The line to Forfar branched off to the south, then swung north to cross over the Dundee to Arbroath line.

This is a two platform halt.

This is a two platform station. It has lost its station buildings.

This station is closed.

This is a two platform station. It retained a signalbox to the west, now gone.

This is a two platform halt.

The original station here was to the west of the level crossing, the new station is to the east. It is a two platform station. It retains a signalbox to the west.

This station is closed.

This was a station with a broad island platform. To the north the Carmyllie Railway branched off from an east facing junction. Somewhat oddly, there was no access to the branch line from the station.

Today the tracks remain splayed apart and a footbridge, which once served the station, still crosses at this point.

This was the original terminus. It was replaced by Arbroath (New).

To the west of Arbroath, and to the south of the line, Kerr's Miniature Railway runs parallel to the line for a short distance. The line opened on 22/6/1935.