General information | |||||
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Location | Montrose, Angus Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 56°42′46″N2°28′20″W / 56.7129°N 2.4722°W | ||||
Grid reference | NO711579 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | MTS [2] | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 May 1883 | Opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.334 million | ||||
2020/21 | 35,086 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.188 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.244 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.311 million | ||||
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Montrose railway station serves the town of Montrose in Angus,Scotland. The station overlooks the Montrose Basin and is situated on the Dundee–Aberdeen line,90 miles (144 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley,between Arbroath and Laurencekirk. There is a crossover at the north end of the station,which can be used to facilitate trains turning back if the line south to Arbroath is blocked. [3]
The town of Montrose had initially been served by a short branch line from the Aberdeen Railway at Dubton Junction,which ran to a modest terminus close to the centre of the town and opened in 1848.
The current station was opened on 1 May 1883 [4] by the North British Railway on their North British,Arbroath and Montrose Railway route linking Arbroath with the Scottish North Eastern Railway main line through Strathmore at Kinnaber Junction. This was essentially a continuation of the NBR main line from Edinburgh via the Tay Rail Bridge and allowed the company to accelerate its services between the Scottish capital and Aberdeen by an hour.
The station has been through several renamings in the past:it was renamed to Montrose Central in the early days of British Rail,before being renamed to Montrose East in 1952,and finally reverting to just Montrose again in 1961. [5]
The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1936 followed by three caravans from 1937 to 1939. [6]
The section of line across the viaduct and on to Usan is the only single track section on the entire line between Edinburgh &Aberdeen - though the rest of the route was doubled by the NBR in the years after opening,the cost of widening or rebuilding the viaduct to accommodate double track was deemed prohibitive and so it remained single. Until recently,the section was worked by signal boxes at each end (Usan and Montrose South) using tokenless block regulations,but a 2010 resignalling scheme saw both boxes closed and control transferred to the former Montrose North box - this now supervises the entire area including the single line over the viaduct. The work also made the southbound platform at the station bi-directional. [7]
In 2024,disused land that previously housed railway sidings was listed for sale. [8]
The station is equipped with a ticket office,toilets,a car park,bike racks and a payphone adjacent to platform 1. Both platforms have benches and help points,whilst platform 2 has a shelter,and are linked by a step-free access footbridge. [9]
2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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Entries and exits | 274,458 | 319,072 | 345,974 | 348,029 | 369,377 | 365,922 | 355,978 | 378,284 | 386,600 | 390,140 | 396,209 | 404,136 | 388,864 | 354,190 | 350,126 | 337,860 | 333,808 | 35,086 | 188,344 | 243,796 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
The station is served by four train operating companies:
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Arbroath | CrossCountry Cross Country Route Southbound only | Stonehaven | ||
Arbroath | ScotRail Dundee–Aberdeen line | Laurencekirk | ||
Terminus | ScotRail Aberdeen Crossrail | Laurencekirk To Inverurie | ||
Arbroath | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper | Stonehaven | ||
Arbroath | London North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line | Stonehaven | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Lunan Bay Line open; Station closed | North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway | Hillside Line open; Station closed | ||
Terminus | Montrose and Bervie Railway | Broomfield Line closed; Station closed |
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