Elliot Junction railway station served the hamlet of

Elliot, Angus Elliot is a coastal hamlet in the county of Angus, Scotland, on the westernmost edge of Arbroath on the A92 road. The Elliot Water reaches the North Sea at Elliot. In 1906 Elliot Junction station (now demolished) was the site of a major rai ...

, Scotland from 1866 to 1967 on the

Dundee and Arbroath Railway The Dundee and Arbroath Railway was an early railway in Scotland. It opened in 1838, and used the unusual track gauge of 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm). In 1848 it changed to standard gauge and connected to the emerging Scottish railway networ ...

History

The station was opened in October 1866 by the

Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was one of the two biggest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping. It was formed in 1845 with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively ex ...

. Elliot goods was nearby and there was a loop just after the level crossing. An accident occurred on 28 December 1906 when a train stood at the station was hit by another train. 22 people were killed and 8 were injured. The station closed on 1 January 1917 but reopened in September 1917, although it was only open on Saturdays. It fully reopened on 1 January 1918, before permanently closing on 4 September 1967.

References

{{s-end Disused railway stations in Angus, Scotland Former Dundee and Arbroath Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967 1866 establishments in Scotland 1967 disestablishments in Scotland Beeching closures in Scotland