Montrose railway station

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Montrose railway station serves the town of Montrose in Angus, Scotland. It lies on the Dundee–Aberdeen line, about 90 miles north of Edinburgh, between Arbroath and Laurencekirk. The station overlooks the Montrose Basin and has a crossover at the north end to help trains turn back if the line to Arbroath is blocked.

Montrose was first served by a small branch line in 1848. The current station opened on 1 May 1883, built by the North British Railway on the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway. This helped speed up journeys between Edinburgh and Aberdeen by about an hour. The station has had different names over the years: Montrose Central, then Montrose East in 1952, and back to Montrose in 1961.

The line across the viaduct to Usan remains single track, while the rest of the route is doubled. Until 2010, signalling was controlled by boxes at Usan and Montrose South, but a resignalling project moved control to Montrose North and made the southbound platform bi-directional.

The current station building opened in 1984 and won a First Class award in the Best Restored Station Competition.

In 2024, land that used to house railway sidings was put up for sale.

Facilities at the station include a ticket office, toilets, a car park, bike racks, and a payphone near platform 1. Both platforms have benches and help points; platform 2 has a shelter. The footbridge between platforms is step-free.

The station is used by about 0.3 million passengers each year and is served by four train operating companies.