Montrose and Bervie Railway

The NBR had sponsored a nominally independent line from Arbroath to Montrose (the [[North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway]]), which obtained its authorising act of Parliament, the [[North British, Arbroath, and Montrose Railway Act 1871]] ([[34 & 35 Vict.]] c. cxxiii), on 13 July 1871, capital £171,580. There was some delay in construction, but it opened to goods traffic in 1881, and to passengers in 1883.{{sfn|Carter|1959|p=}}{{page needed|date=July 2018}}{{sfn|Ross|2014b|pages=90, 91 and 120}} It had its own station at Montrose, and joined the Caledonian main line at Kinnaber Junction, a few miles north of Montrose. However, the development of the Bervie line, and the new construction at its north end onward to Stonehaven, never took place.

The NBR had sponsored a nominally independent line from Arbroath to Montrose (the [[North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway]]), which obtained its authorising act of Parliament, the [[North British, Arbroath, and Montrose Railway Act 1871]] ([[34 & 35 Vict.]] c. cxxiii), on 13 July 1871, capital £171,580. There was some delay in construction, but it opened to goods traffic in 1881, and to passengers in 1883.{{sfn|Carter|1959|p=}}{{page needed|date=July 2018}}{{sfn|Ross|2014b|pages=90, 91 and 120}} It had its own station at Montrose, and joined the Caledonian main line at Kinnaber Junction, a few miles north of Montrose. However, the development of the Bervie line, and the new construction at its north end onward to Stonehaven, never took place.

When the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway opened its line, a spur was provided (authorised by an act of Parliament{{which|date=December 2024}} of 1872{{sfn|Simms|1985|p=}}{{page needed|date=July 2018}}) connecting that company's main line at Montrose North Junction (immediately north of Montrose NBR station) to Broomfield Road Junction, giving access to the Bervie line.{{sfn|Smith|Anderson|1997}}{{page needed|date=July 2018}}

When the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway opened its line, a spur was provided, authorised by the [[North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway Act 1872]] ([[35 & 36 Vict.]] c. xlvi),{{sfn|Simms|1985|p=}}{{page needed|date=July 2018}}) connecting that company's main line at Montrose North Junction (immediately north of Montrose NBR station) to Broomfield Road Junction, giving access to the Bervie line.{{sfn|Smith|Anderson|1997}}{{page needed|date=July 2018}}

From 2 August 1897 the Caledonian Railway started operating its own train services on the Bervie line, exercising the running powers already granted. This was hardly a commercial move, and was simply in retaliation for an imagined act of bad faith elsewhere by the NBR. Passengers on the line therefore had CR trains to the CR Montrose station and NBR trains to the NBR station. There was simply not enough traffic on the line to sustain this, and Caledonian trains stopped running from 1 October 1898. However, there were local protests at this, and Caledonian goods services quickly resumed (on 17 October), but were finally discontinued from June 1899.{{sfn|Simms|1985|p=}}{{page needed|date=July 2018}}{{sfn|Thomas|1976|pages=146–154}}{{sfn|Ross|2014a|pages=93 and 152}}

From 2 August 1897 the Caledonian Railway started operating its own train services on the Bervie line, exercising the running powers already granted. This was hardly a commercial move, and was simply in retaliation for an imagined act of bad faith elsewhere by the NBR. Passengers on the line therefore had CR trains to the CR Montrose station and NBR trains to the NBR station. There was simply not enough traffic on the line to sustain this, and Caledonian trains stopped running from 1 October 1898. However, there were local protests at this, and Caledonian goods services quickly resumed (on 17 October), but were finally discontinued from June 1899.{{sfn|Simms|1985|p=}}{{page needed|date=July 2018}}{{sfn|Thomas|1976|pages=146–154}}{{sfn|Ross|2014a|pages=93 and 152}}