Baldovan railway station explained

Baldovan
Status:Disused
Borough:Angus
Country:Scotland
Platforms:?
Original:Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:London Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:16 December 1831
Events:Station opens as Baldovan[1]
Years1:1 September 1905
Events1:Station renamed Baldovan and Downfield
Years2:10 January 1955
Events2:Station closes

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

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

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.

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External links

56.4919°N -2.9972°W

Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995)