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Colliston railway station

Coordinates: 56°36′12″N 2°37′22″W / 56.6033°N 2.6228°W / 56.6033; -2.6228
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Site of former Colliston railway station, taken in 1988

Colliston railway station was a railway station at Colliston near Arbroath in Scotland.[1]

The station was opened on 24 November 1838 by the Arbroath and Forfar Railway.[2] The station was closed to passengers on 5 December 1955.[3][4]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Leysmill
Line and station closed
  Caledonian Railway
Arbroath and Forfar Railway
  Arbroath Catherine Street
Line and station closed
    Arbroath (new)
Line closed, station open

References

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  1. ^ Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland. Black, Adam & Charles. 1862. p. 313.
  2. ^ "Arbroath and Forfar Railway". Railscot. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  3. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 133. OCLC 931112387.
  4. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
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56°36′12″N 2°37′22″W / 56.6033°N 2.6228°W / 56.6033; -2.6228