Arbirlot railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Arbirlot
other_name= Obar Eilid


caption =
manager = North British Railway and Caledonian Railway Joint Line
locale = Scotland
borough = Angus
line = Carmyllie Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway Joint Line
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 1 February 1900
events = Station opens
years1 = 1 January 1917
events1 = Station closes
years2 = 1 February 1919
events2 = Station reopens
years3 = 2 December 1929
events3 = Station closes Arbirlot railway station served the village of Arbirlot in the Scottish county of Angus. The station was served by a branch line, the Carmyllie Railway, from Elliot Junction on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway running between Dundee and Arbroath.

History

The line opened as a private railway in 1854 but passenger stations, including Arberlot, opened after a Light Railway Order was obtained. Services started in 1900. The line became a joint North British Railway and Caledonian Railway operation in 1880, and so was run as a joint London and North Eastern Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway after the Grouping of 1923. Although passenger services ceased after six years of this management the goods service passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was not withdrawn by the British Railways Board until 1965.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
* Railscot [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Carmyllie_Railway/frame.htm]