Baldovan railway station

Coordinates: 56°29′31″N 2°59′50″W / 56.491933°N 2.997238°W / 56.491933; -2.997238
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Baldovan
Site of Baldovan railway station in 1974
General information
LocationAngus
Scotland
Platforms?
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDundee and Newtyle Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 December 1831Station opens as Baldovan[1]
1 September 1905Station renamed Baldovan and Downfield[1]
10 January 1955Station closes[1]

Baldovan railway station, later renamed Baldovan and Downfield, served the northern suburbs of Dundee around Strathmartine, including Bridgefoot, Downfield and Baldovan, in the Scottish county of Angus. Services were provided by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.

History[edit]

Opened by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway and absorbed into the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

The site today[edit]

The site today has been redeveloped as housing, with the address Hillview Terrace. The former railway line can be seen on aerial views of the site.

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995)

Sources[edit]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable O. S. map Near Downfield

External links[edit]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Lochee   Caledonian Railway
Dundee and Newtyle Railway
  Baldragon

56°29′31″N 2°59′50″W / 56.491933°N 2.997238°W / 56.491933; -2.997238