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Railway station and goods shed, still in use. The station was built in 1847-8 by the Aberdeen Railway Company as the terminus of the Aberdeen Railway Company's branch line from Bridge of Dun. The goods shed was built in circa 1848. The line from Forfar arrived on 7th January 1895, and there were extensive additions to the station to cater for the increased traffic in 1897-8 by the Caledonian Railway to plans by Thomas Barr, District Engineer, Perth. At some point during the 19th century the goods shed was used as an engine shed. The 1st edition OS map shows an irregular T-plan station, with a rectangular goods depot to the south. On the 2nd edition OS map, the station has been extended to the mainly to the west, with smaller additions to the east and south, and there is a small addition to the north of the goods shed. There are cranes and a goods yard shown to the south of the railway. The goods shed is no longer depicted as a goods shed. Current maps show further alterations and additions, and the goods shed is once again depicted as such. The original part of the station is still visible to the north as an Italinate, two-storey, three-bay section, with single-storey structures and a screen wall to the east and west, with predominantly architraved openings. To the west is a later single-storey, seven-bay section. The platforms feature cast-iron columns and spandrel brackets which formerly supported a pitched glazed canopy (no longer extant). The buildings are predominantly constructed from squared snecked rubble with dressed margins. A crane still stands by the goods shed. The goods shed is also constructed from squared snecked rubble, and is single-storey. It features segmentally arched openings and paired round-headed openings on the south elevation with raised voussoirs, which are all blocked with brick. The masonry indicated that the building was heightened at some point in the 19th century, probably as a response to its change of function to an engine shed, and the increased size of rolling stock. Passenger services to Brechin ceased on 17 March 1958, although freight traffic continued until 1981. The station is now restored, and used by the Caledonian Railway (Brechin) Ltd as a preserved steam railway line running from Brechin to Bridge of Dun.
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NO66SW0028 - CALEDONIAN RAILWAY STATION, BRECHIN