Location type

Station

Names and dates

Bridge of Dun (1849-1967)
Bridge of Dun (1993-)

Opened on the Aberdeen Railway.

Open on the Caledonian Railway [Preserved].

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

Description

This is a station on the Caledonian Railway (Preserved line) which runs from Bridge of Dun to Brechin. The station was formerly on the Strathmore main line between Perth and Aberdeen via Forfar.

At the west end of the station the Aberdeen Railway lines to Brechin and Glasterlaw divided.

The station consisted of an island platform and through platform. The down platform building, which was canopied on all sides, has been removed but the up building remains with a canopy. There was a bay platform on the southbound platform, for trains to the south.

After closure of the main line in 1967, the station reduced to a single line running down the branch face of the island platform.

In preservation much track has been relaid. The remaining station building has been restored. The goods shed from Nairn has been relocated to the station, now placed at the west end on the north side of the line. Brechin is now the eastern terminus of the line as, unfortunately, with closure the line east via Dubton to Kinnaber Junction was lifted.

The original layout (really just the main line platforms with the junction to the west) was rebuilt in 1893.

The original signal box was replaced with a north and south box. The north box was at the east end between the main lines and island platform line. The south box was in the 'V' of the junction at the west end. The north box was subsumed by the south box in 1935. The remaining box closed with the closure to passengers in 1967.

Car parking is available at the site.

Caledonian Railway

Local

House of Dun

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