Montrose railway station serves the town of Montrose in Angus, Scotland. The station overlooks the Montrose Basin and is situated on the Dundee–Aberdeen line, 90 miles (144 km) north of Edinburgh Waverley, between Arbroath and Laurencekirk. There is a crossover at the north end of the station, which can be used to facilitate trains turning back if the line south to Arbroath is blocked.
History
The current station was opened on 1 May 1883 by the North British Railway on their North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway route linking Arbroath with the Scottish North Eastern Railway main line through Strathmore at Kinnaber Junction. A comparison of the first and second editions of the Six-Inch Ordnance Survey Maps illustrates the changes brought about by the railway.
The station has been through several renamings in the past: it was renamed to Montrose Central in the early days of British Rail, before being renamed to Montrose East in 1952, and finally reverting to just Montrose again in 1961.
The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1936 followed by three caravans from 1937 to 1939.
Until recently, the section was worked by signal boxes at each end (Usan and Montrose South) using tokenless block regulations, but a 2010 resignalling scheme saw both boxes closed and control transferred to the former Montrose North box - this now supervises the entire area including the single line over the viaduct. The work also made the southbound platform at the station bi-directional.Signal Boxes to closeMontrose Review news article 28-01-2010; Retrieved 2014-02-03
The current station building was opened by Councillor W.K. Fitzgerald, the Convenor of Tayside Regional Council, on Monday, July 30, 1984. It won a First Class award in 1984 as part of the Best Restored Station Competition.Awards displayed in Montrose Railway Station. Viewed 07/10/2025
In 2024, disused land that previously housed railway sidings was listed for sale.
Facilities The station is equipped with a ticket office, toilets, a car park, bike racks and a payphone adjacent to platform 1. Both platforms have benches and help points, whilst platform 2 has a shelter, and are linked by a step-free access footbridge.
Passenger volume +Passenger Volume at Montrose2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits319,072345,974348,029369,377365,922355,978378,284386,600390,140396,209404,136388,864354,190350,126337,860333,80835,086188,344243,796311,448317,406 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services The station is served by four train operating companies:eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 214 (Network Rail) ScotRail trains stop here regularly on both the and Edinburgh Waverley to routes throughout the week. Certain Aberdeen trains are extended to Inverness. Approximately hourly trains run from Montrose to Inverurie, as part of an Aberdeen Crossrail plan to see hourly trains through the city. London North Eastern Railway operate three trains to London King's Cross, as well as one train per day to Leeds. CrossCountry operate two southbound trains: one to Plymouth and one to Edinburgh; however, Aberdeen-bound trains do not stop here. Scottish Rail Holdings operate the daily overnight Caledonian Sleeper service to/from London Euston, although they do not stop here on Saturday nights/Sunday mornings.
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