Abercairney railway station

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

Abercairney
The station building and former platform in 2012
General information
LocationAbercairney, Perthshire
Scotland
Coordinates56.3689°N 3.7432°W / 56.3689; -3.7432
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCrieff and Methven Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
21 May 1866Opened[1]
1 October 1951Closed[1]

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

References

Notes

  1. Butt (1995), page 11

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • 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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