Innerpeffray railway station
Innerpeffray railway station served the hamlets of Innerpeffray and Millhills in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.
Innerpeffray | |
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General information | |
Location | Millhills, Perthshire Scotland |
Coordinates | 56.3607°N 3.7898°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 January 1917 | Closed[1] |
1 June 1919 | Re-opened[1] |
1 October 1951 | Closed[1] |
History
Opened on 21 May 1866 by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway, then by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station closed briefly on 1 January 1917, before reopening again on 1 June 1919. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was finally closed to passenger and goods traffic by British Railways on 1 October 1951.
References
Notes
- Butt (1995), p. 127
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.
- Innerpeffray station on navigable O. S. map
- List of closed railway stations in Britain
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Abercairney | Caledonian Railway Crieff and Methven Junction Railway |
Crieff |
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