page_title: Arbroath and Forfar Railway
section_title: Topography
hierarchical_section_title: Arbroath and Forfar Railway / Topography
caption_attribution_description: English: Auldbar Stationmaster's House The house here was originally the stationmaster's house for Auldbar Road Station. The picture was taken from the original trackbed of the old Arbroath and Forfar Railway. There was also a railway yard in this location.
context_page_description: The Arbroath and Forfar Railway was a railway that connected Forfar with the port town of Arbroath, in Scotland.
  It opened in 1838–1839 and it was successful in making an operating profit, but it was always desperately short of capital. It used the track gauge of 5 ft 6 in.
  When the Aberdeen Railway was authorised in 1845, it leased the Arbroath and Forfar line to form part of its main line connecting Forfar and Aberdeen; it opened in 1848. The Aberdeen Railway was to be a standard gauge line and the A&FR had to alter its track gauge. The A&FR line formed part of the main line from Stirling to Aberdeen, and when the North British Railway started running to Aberdeen in 1881, their trains too ran over a very short section of the A&FR.
  Nearly all of the A&FR line was closed in 1967 when the former NBR route was selected as the only route to Aberdeen, and the short section immediately north of Arbroath is the only section of the A&FR still in use.
context_section_description: * Forfar; initially described as Forfar Play Field; opened 4 December 1838; replaced by Scottish Midland Junction station (on SMJR line) on 2 August 1848;
  Forfar Junction; convergence of SMJR line from Perth; divergence of Dundee direct line;
  Clocksbriggs; opened 4 December 1838; closed 1 January 1917; reopened 2 June 1919; closed 5 December 1955;
  Auldbar Road; opened 4 December 1838; closed 11 June 1956;
  Guthrie; opened 4 December 1838; closed 5 December 1955; shown as "Guthrie Junction station" on some Ordnance Survey maps;
   Guthrie Junction; divergence of Aberdeen Railway route to Glasterlaw and Bridge of Dun;
  Friockheim; opened 4 December 1838; closed 5 December 1955;
  Friockheim Junction; convergence of Aberdeen Railway route from Glasterlaw;
  Border Quarry; private siding connection;
  Leysmill; opened 24 November 1838; closed 5 December 1955;
  Colliston; opened 24 November 1838; closed 5 December 1955;
  Letham Quarry; private siding connection;
  St Vigeans Junction; convergence of former North British Railway line from Montrose;
  Arbroath North; divergence of line to Arbroath (Joint) station and Dundee;
  Arbroath Catherine Street; horse drawn passenger trains stopped here from 24 November 1838; formal station established 3 January 1839. closed 1848 when trains diverted to Arbroath (Joint)
caption: Auldbar Stationmaster's House
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