Forfar railway station served the town of

Forfar, Angus Forfar ( sco, Farfar, gd, Baile Fharfair) is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town has a pop ...

, Scotland from 1848 to 1967 on the

Scottish Midland Junction Railway The Scottish Midland Junction Railway was authorised in 1845 to build a line from Perth to Forfar. Other companies obtained authorisation in the same year, and together they formed a route from central Scotland to Aberdeen. The SMJR opened its ...

. It was the second station in Forfar, following the earlier

Forfar Playfield railway station Forfar Playfield railway station served the town of Forfar, Angus, Scotland from 1838 to 1848 on the Arbroath and Forfar Railway. This was the first station to serve Forfar. A through-station, Forfar railway station, opened a decade later. Hi ...

terminus.

History

The station opened on 2 August 1848 by the

. There was a goods yard to the north which was extant when the first station opened. The station closed to passengers traffic on 4 September 1967.

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{{s-end Disused railway stations in Angus, Scotland Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967 Beeching closures in Scotland Former Caledonian Railway stations Forfar