Meigle railway station

Meigle railway station served the village of Meigle in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was on the Alyth Railway from Alyth Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

Meigle
General information
LocationMeigle, Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates56.5885°N 3.1584°W / 56.5885; -3.1584
Platforms?
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAlyth Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
12 August 1861Opened as Fullerton[1]
1 November 1876Renamed as Meigle[1][2]
2 July 1951Closed[2]

History

Opened by the Alyth Railway on 12 August 1861 as Fullerton,[1] and renamed to Meigle on 1 November 1876[1][2] when the station on the same name on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway was renamed to Alyth Junction. It was absorbed into 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, it was then closed by British Railways on 2 July 1951.[2]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Jordanstone
Line and station closed		   Alyth Railway
Caledonian Railway
   Alyth Junction
Line and station closed

References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), page 100
  2. Butt (1995), page 157

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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • 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.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
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