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Forfar Playfield railway station

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

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

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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

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