Heritage route
Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
Brechin → Bridge of Dun · Scotland
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Four miles of the Aberdeen Railway’s 1840s line between Brechin’s preserved terminus and Bridge of Dun, worked by volunteers every summer since 1993.
The Aberdeen Railway built its line through Bridge of Dun in the 1840s, with Brechin at the end of a branch. Passenger trains stopped in the early 1950s and British Rail closed it completely in 1981, after which the Brechin Railway Preservation Society relaid the four miles between the two stations and refurbished both. The route on towards Dubton and Kinnaber Junction has since been built over, which makes a return to the main line at Montrose unlikely.
Stations
- 0 kmBrechin
- 6 kmBridge of Dun
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
Along the way
- Brechin’s preserved terminus
- Angus farmland
- Bridge of Dun, over the South Esk
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 19589179: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Caledonian Railway (Brechin)?
The Caledonian Railway (Brechin) runs 6 km from Brechin to Bridge of Dun.
How long does the Caledonian Railway (Brechin) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 20 min for the 6 km. That is an average of 18 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Caledonian Railway (Brechin)?
Caledonian Railway (Brechin), with heritage steam & diesel.
How old is the Caledonian Railway (Brechin)?
The line has been in service since 1993. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
How often does the Caledonian Railway (Brechin) run?
Summer weekends.
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