North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway
Introduction
Also known as the Arbroath and Montrose Railway.
This line is open. The line is part of the East Coast Main Line and is double track except for a bridge to the south of Montrose station. The line was owned by the North British Railway and was in effect a continuation of that companys Tay Bridge and Associated Lines (North British Railway) line northwards towards Aberdeen.
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Arbroath to Montrose
This was the main line of the route running from St Vigeans Junction, just north of Arbroath, to Kinnaber Junction, north of Montrose.
This junction, north of Arbroath station, was where the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway (later North British Railway) met the Arbroath and Forfar Railway (later Caledonian Railway).
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DRS 66 428 heads a Grangemouth-Aberdeen container train past St Vigeans just north of Arbroath in May 2009. ...Sandy Steele /05/2009
EWS 67 004 with the daily railhead treatment train (RHTT) nearing Arbroath station on 7 October 2009. ...Sandy Steele 07/10/2009
Freightliner 66609 on a northbound Oxwellmains-Aberdeen cement train passing Arbroath on 2 October. ...Sandy Steele 02/10/2008
DRS 68003 'Astute' heads north through Arbroath on Sunday 19th January 2015 with the Grangemouth - Aberdeen Intermodal container train. ...Sandy Steele 19/01/2015
DBS class 67 no 67018 passing north through Arbroath on 5 April with a pipe train bound for Aberdeen. ...Sandy Steele 05/04/2011
This two platform station was located east of Letham Grange for which it is named, there being very little else in the immediate area.
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This was a two platform station. The goods yard was on the east side, approached from the north.
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This was a two platform station. A signal box remains open here, on the west side of the line.
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This is a double track three span girder viaduct just north of Inverkeilor which crosses the Lunan Water. ...
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DRS Class 66, in charge of 4A13 Intermodal service, crossing the River Lunan viaduct on 25th August 2018. ...Duncan Ross 25/08/2018
This was a two platform station on a double track line. When opened it was a station with a loop on a single track line. The station house was on the northbound platform and there were waiting rooms on each platform.
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Rebuilt Scot 46115 Scots Guardsman hauls the northern part of the 'Great Britain V' over the viaduct at Lunan Bay three miles south of ...John Gray 22/04/2012
The approach road to Lunan Bay station in January 2013. Only the house remains. The white concrete gateposts look to be LNER standard. ...Brian Taylor 30/01/2013
Looking north from the overbridge near Lunan Bay. Station House is in the trees to the left. ...Brian Forbes 02/03/2008
A Down ScotRail service passes the spectacularly sited but long gone station at Lunan Bay in January 2013. The Station House remains, but is hidden by ...Brian Taylor 30/01/2013
This signal box controlled the point where the double track line became single track on the approach to Montrose from the south. This is needed as the Rossie Viaduct and South Esk Viaduct are both single track. Once north of these the line reverts to double track.
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Looking south to Usan signalbox on 28 March 1987. The 'box closed in 2010. [See image 18177] ...Bill Roberton 28/03/1987
A southbound Virgin Trains 125 set approaching Usan signal box on the single line section from Montrose in June 1999. ...David Panton 27/06/1999
Looking north towards Montrose along the single line section from Usan. There is a new uncompleted colour light signal closer than the existing ...Brian Forbes 02/03/2008
Looking south at Usan signalbox which controls the start of the single track approach to Montrose over a viaduct. ...Ewan Crawford //2005
This is a 17 arch single track viaduct. It connects Ferryden to Rossie Island crossing the southern of two outlets from Montrose Basin.
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Red Brick single track Ferryden Viaduct approaching Montrose from the south. ...Brian Forbes 02/03/2008
This is a single track 16 span girder viaduct crossing the northern of two channels from Montrose Basin, the southern of which has been infilled. The viaduct links Montrose, to the north, to Rossie Island.
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Sunset over the Montrose Basin as a 477 propelled train crosses the South Esk Viaduct southbound. Sea birds scatter before the train. ...Ewan Crawford 25/01/1989
170414 about to cross the South Esk Bridge heading for Glasgow, haar lying about all day. ...Brian Forbes 14/08/2007
This is a two platform station. There is a modern station building on the southbound platform.
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An Edinburgh to Aberdeen 170 calls at Montrose on 13 February 2019. This train used to go on to Inverurie, but the through trains stopped ...David Panton 13/02/2019
An Aberdeen to Glasgow service pulls into Montrose on 13 February 2019. '3 carriages - apologies' announces the departures screen, a familiar message ...David Panton 13/02/2019
The eye-catching BTP emblazoned 170 calls at Montrose on 7 November with a Glasgow service. The odd hanging item on the near platform is an OFF ...David Panton 07/11/2017
This shed was on the east side of Montrose station and approached from the north. ...
More detailsThis junction was to the north of Montrose station. This allowed trains access to Broomfield Junction and the Montrose and Bervie Railway which the North British Railway was to operate and take over.
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This was a two platform station. When the line north from Arbroath to Montrose and Kinnaber Junction was opened this was the location where the line doubled, south of the station, on the approach to Kinnaber Junction. The line was later doubled.
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This is the famous location where the East Coast Main Line and West Coast Main Line routes met until the late 1960s.
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Kinnaber Junction signal box, as seen from the Buchan Belle railtour on 1st June 1974....
Bill Roberton 01/06/1974
The 'Last Train to Brechin' railtour held at the outer home signal for Kinnaber Junction. It had to reverse and cross over to the Up Main to continue ...Charlie Niven 02/05/1981
View south at Kinnaber Junction from a northbound train in 1989. British Rail closed what had become the goods only branch to Brechin in 1981. ...Ewan Crawford 25/01/1989
4472 Flying Scotsman takes the East Coast route at Kinnaber Junction on 16 May 1964 with the Queens College RTS 'Flying Scotsman ...John Robin 16/05/1964
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EWS 67 004 with the daily railhead treatment train (RHTT) nearing Arbroath station on 7 October 2009. ...Sandy Steele 07/10/2009
Freightliner 66609 on a northbound Oxwellmains-Aberdeen cement train passing Arbroath on 2 October. ...Sandy Steele 02/10/2008
DRS 68003 'Astute' heads north through Arbroath on Sunday 19th January 2015 with the Grangemouth - Aberdeen Intermodal container train. ...Sandy Steele 19/01/2015
DBS class 67 no 67018 passing north through Arbroath on 5 April with a pipe train bound for Aberdeen. ...Sandy Steele 05/04/2011
Montrose to Broomfield
This short branch connected the North British Railway owned lines to the Montrose and Bervie Railway, albeit via a very short section of Caledonian Railway owned line.
This junction was to the north of Montrose station. This allowed trains access to Broomfield Junction and the Montrose and Bervie Railway which the North British Railway was to operate and take over.
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This was the junction between the branch from Dubton to Montrose [CR] of the Aberdeen Railway and the later Montrose and Bervie Railway.
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64615 at Broomfield Junction with the 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour. To the left is the line to Dubton, the train is coming off the Bervie line ...WA Camwell (Copyright Stephenson Locomotive Society) 16/06/1960
