Forfar Playfield railway station

Forfar
Forfar
General information
Location	Forfar, Angus; Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Arbroath & Forfar Railway
Key dates
4 December 1838	Opened as Forfar
1848	Name changed to Forfar Playfield
2 August 1848	Closed

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

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.

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

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

External links

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Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clocksbriggs Line and station closed		Arbroath and Forfar Railway		Forfar Line and station closed

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[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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