Abercairney railway station

Abercairney
Abercairney
	The station building and former platform in 2012
General information
Location	Abercairney, Perthshire; Scotland
Coordinates	56.3689°N 3.7432°W
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
21 May 1866	Opened[1]
1 October 1951	Closed[1]

Abercairney railway station served the Abercairny estates in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

History

Opened on 21 May 1866 by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway, then absorbed by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, the station was closed to passenger traffic by British Railways on 1 October 1951.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Madderty		Caledonian Railway Crieff and Methven Junction Railway		Innerpeffray

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Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Abercairney station on navigable O. S. map

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