Colliston railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in Angus, Scotland}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
File:Colliston station site geograph-3153179-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Colliston railway station was a railway station at Colliston near Arbroath in Scotland.{{cite book|title=Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5DVKabC7PQC&q=Colliston+station&pg=PA313|year=1862|publisher=Black, Adam & Charles|page=313}}
The station was opened on 24 November 1838 by the Arbroath and Forfar Railway.{{cite web|url=http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Arbroath_and_Forfar_Railway/frame.htm|title=Arbroath and Forfar Railway|publisher=Railscot|accessdate=1 April 2013}} The station was closed to passengers on 5 December 1955.{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M E|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=133|oclc=931112387}}{{cite book|last=Butt|first=R.V.J.|title=The Directory of Railway Stations|year=1995|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd|location=Yeovil|isbn=1-85260-508-1|id=R508|page=66}}
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{{rail line one to two |previous={{stnlnk|Leysmill}}
Line and station closed |next1={{stnlnk|Arbroath Catherine Street}}
Line and station closed |next2=Arbroath (new)
Line closed, station open |route=Caledonian Railway
Arbroath and Forfar Railway |col={{Caledonian colour}} }}
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/194788/details/collieston+station+and+station+house/|title=Collieston, Station and station house|publisher=RCAHMS|accessdate=1 April 2013}}
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Category:Disused railway stations in Angus, Scotland
Category:Former Caledonian Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1838
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1955
Category:1838 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:1838 establishments in Scotland
Category:1955 disestablishments in Scotland
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