Arbroath railway station
Arbroath railway station serves the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland. The station is  east of Dundee on the line between Dundee and Aberdeen, between Carnoustie and Montrose. There are two crossovers at the north end of the station, which can be used to facilitate trains turning back if the line south to Carnoustie is blocked. ScotRail, who manage the station, provide most of the services, along with CrossCountry, London North Eastern Railway and Caledonian Sleeper. History 

There have been three stations called Arbroath, two of which closed in 1848: Arbroath Catherine Street served the Arbroath and Forfar Railway and Arbroath Lady Loan (or Arbroath West) was on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. The current station was originally opened by the Dundee and Arbroath Railway on 1 February 1848, albeit temporarily, as it was opened permanently on 14 December 1858  as a link station to connect the Arbroath and Forfar Railway with the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. On 1 October 1880, the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway opened north towards . Until 1990, the station had 3 active platforms and was the terminus of a regular local service from  and  that called at all of the intermediate local stations between the latter station and here. Facilities 

The station building is built above the railway line and platforms, and contains the ticket office, lifts to platforms and toilets. Outside is a taxi rank drop-off point. Each of the platforms has a waiting room, a help point and a bench, whilst platform 1 also has a ticket machine, which is adjacent to the car park. Services 
There are generally two or three trains per hour westbound to Dundee and eastbound to , with hourly services onwards from Dundee towards Edinburgh and . London North Eastern Railway services to London King's Cross and CrossCountry routes towards England also stop at Arbroath. On Sundays there is generally an hourly service in each direction. References

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 Station on navigable O.S. map. History of Station

Railway stations in Angus, Scotland
Former Dundee and Arbroath Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations served by Caledonian Sleeper
Railway stations served by CrossCountry
Railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway
1848 establishments in Scotland
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