Carmyllie Railway

The Carmyllie Railway was built in 1855 to enable transport of stone products from the Carmyllie area of Scotland to markets. At the time the stone was highly sought after for the urban development in progress.

Carmyllie Railway
Overview
Statuspartly disused
Owner
  • The Marquess of Dalhousie (1855-1865)
  • Scottish North-Eastern Railway (1865)
  • Caledonian Railway (1866-1880)
  • joint by Caledonian and North British Railway (1880-1923)
  • joint by LMS and LNER (1923-1948)
  • British Railways (1948-1965)
LocaleScotland
Termini
  • Arbroath
  • Carmyllie quarries
History
Opened1855
Closed1965
Route map
North British, Arbroath
and Montrose Railway
Arbroath and Forfar Railway
St Vigean's Junction
 Arbroath
 Elliot Junction
Elliot Junction
Dundee & Arbroath Rly
Metal Box sidings
 Arbirlot
 Cuthlie
 Denhead
 Carmyllie
Carmyllie quarries

The 6.5 miles (10.5 km) line ran to the main line of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway at Elliot Junction railway station.

In 1900 a passenger service was initiated on the line under the terms of Light Railway legislation. It was the first such in Scotland. However it was unsuccessful and ended in 1929.

The line closed completely in May 1965 except for a stub at Elliot which continued to serve a private siding until it too closed in 1984.

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