Colliston railway station

{{Short description|Former railway station in Angus, Scotland}}

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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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