Barnhill railway station (Angus)

Barnhill
General information
Location	Barnhill, Dundee City Scotland
Coordinates	56°28′28″N2°50′50″W / 56.4745°N 2.8471°W / 56.4745; -2.8471
Grid reference	NO479316
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1874 (1874-09-01)	Opened as Barnhill
30 June 1952	Renamed as Barnhill (Angus)
10 January 1955	Closed to passengers
9 October 1967	Closed completely
Location Barnhill Location within the Dundee City council area

Barnhill railway station was a railway station in Scotland serving the suburb of Barnhill, Dundee.

History

The station was opened as Barnhill on 1 September 1874 by the Caledonian Railway on the Dundee and Forfar direct line which had been open since 12 August 1870. ^{[1] [2]}

The station had a single platform on a passing loop, there was a signal box and a small goods yard equipped with a 1½ ton crane. ^{[3] [4]}

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1957 to 1964. ^[5] The station was renamed Barnhill (Angus) on 30 June 1952 before closing to passengers on 10 January 1955. ^[1] The line closed completely on 9 October 1967. ^[2]

References

1. Quick 2022, p. 67.
2. Thomas & Turnock 1989, p. 314.
3. "Barnhill station on OS 25 inch map Forfarshire LIV.8 (Dundee; Monifieth)". National Library of Scotland. 1902. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
4. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 40.
5. McRae 1998, p. 13.

Bibliography

• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.
• Thomas, John; Turnock, David (1989). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 15 The North of Scotland (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN   0-946537-03-8.

External links

• "Barnhill (Angus) station". Railscot.