Killearn railway station

Killearn railway station served the village of Killearn, Stirling, Scotland from 1882 to 1951 on the Blane Valley Railway.

Killearn
General information
LocationKillearn, Stirling
Scotland
Coordinates56.0382°N 4.3942°W / 56.0382; -4.3942
Grid referenceNS509853
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened2 October 1882 (1882-10-02)
Opened as Killearn (New)
Original companyNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
1 April 1896Name changed to Killearn
1 October 1951Closed to passengers
5 October 1959 (1959-10-05)Closed completely

History

The station opened as Killearn (New) on 2 October 1882 by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway when it extended the Blane Valley Railway northwards from Killearn (Old) to Gartness Junction (on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway). The station's name changed to Killearn on 1 April 1896 when Killearn (Old) was renamed Dumgoyne Hill.[1]

To the west was the goods yard.[2][3] The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939.[4]

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1951 and to goods traffic on 5 October 1959.[1][5]

References
  1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. pp. 170 & 263. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. "Killearn station on OS 25inch map Stirlingshire Sheet XX.NE (includes: Drymen; Killearn)". National Library of Scotland. 1899. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. "Killearn station station on OS 25inch map Stirlingshire XX.12 (Killearn)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  5. Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 6 & 15 (refs 0244 & 0703). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   North British Railway
Blane Valley Railway		   Dumgoyne
Line and station closed


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