Gazetteer of Scotland

DUNDEE AND ARBROATH RAILWAY


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DUNDEE AND ARBROATH RAILWAY, railway 16| miles long from Dundee, along the coast past Broughty Feriy and Carnoustie, to Arbroath, in Forfarshire. It was opened in 1839, and it became the joint property of the North British and the Caledonian Companies at 1st February 1880. It connects at Broughty Ferry with the railway communication through Fife ; sends off, from a point near its north-east end, a goods branch to Carmylie ; and connects at Arbroath with the railways thence to Forfar and Montrose.