Forfar Playfield railway station

56°38′54″N 2°53′05″W / 56.648224°N 2.884814°W / 56.648224; -2.884814

Forfar
General information
LocationForfar, Angus
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyArbroath & Forfar Railway
Key dates
4 December 1838 (1838-12-04)Opened as Forfar
1848Name changed to Forfar Playfield
2 August 1848 (1848-08-02)Closed
Location

Forfar Playfield railway station was the original terminal station that 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, on the line alignment to the Scottish Midland Junction Railway south of Clocksbriggs.opened a decade later.

History

The station opened as Forfar on 4 December 1838 by the Arbroath and Forfar Railway. The station's name was changed to Forfar Playfield in 1848, although it closed later in the same year on 2 August.[1]

References

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 176. OCLC 931112387.


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