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Broughty Ferry Pier railway station
Broughty Ferry Pier railway station served the suburb of Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland from 1848 to 1887 on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway.
Broughty Ferry Pier | |
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The site of the station, looking south, in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Broughty Ferry, Dundee Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°27′50″N 2°52′18″W / 56.4638°N 2.8718°WCoordinates: 56°27′50″N 2°52′18″W / 56.4638°N 2.8718°W |
| Grid reference | NO463305 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Dundee and Arbroath Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Dundee and Arbroath Railway Caledonian Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 17 May 1848 | Opened |
| 1 June 1878[1] | Closed |
| 1 March 1880 | Reopened |
| 19 June 1887 | Closed |
History
The station opened on 17 May 1848[2] by the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. It was situated on the harbour pier at Broughty Ferry castle. The station closed on 1 June 1878 upon opening of the Tay Railway Bridge. It reopened following collapse of the Tay Railway bridge and station again closed to both passengers and goods traffic in 1887 when the railway bridge reopened.[3]
References
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 95
- ^ "Broughty Ferry Pier railway station (site), Dundee". Geograph. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
External links
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Monifieth Line closed, station open | Dundee and Arbroath Railway | Broughty Ferry Line closed, station open | ||