Edzell railway station served the village of

Edzell Edzell (; sco, Aigle; gd, Eigill) is a village in Angus, Scotland. It is 5 miles (8 km) north of Brechin, by the River North Esk. Edzell is a Georgian-era planned town, with a broad main street and a grid system of side streets. Origi ...

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, Scotland from 1896 to 1964 on the

Brechin and Edzell District Railway The Brechin and Edzell District Railway was a local line in Scotland connecting Edzell, then a developing tourist centre, to the nearby main population centre of Brechin, where there was a branch of the Caledonian Railway. The short line opened i ...

History

The station opened on 8 June 1896 by the

. It was the northern terminus of the line, situated north of

Stracathro railway station Stracathro railway station served the sparsely populated rural area around the villages of Stracathro and Inchbare as well as Dunlappie and other estates in Angus, Scotland from 1896 to 1964 on the Brechin and Edzell District Railway. The statio ...

. The station, along with the line, closed to passengers on 27 April 1931. A plan to resume these services took place on 4 July 1938 but it failed and it closed 2 months later, on 27 September 1938. The station closed, along with the line, to goods traffic on 7 September 1964.

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Disused railway stations in Angus, Scotland Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1938 1896 establishments in Scotland 1964 disestablishments in Scotland {{Angus-railstation-stub