Aberfeldy railway station

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Aberfeldy
LocationAberfeldy, Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyInverness and Perth Junction Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 July 1865Station opens
3 May 1965Station closes

Aberfeldy railway station served the village of Aberfeldy in Scotland.

History[]

The station was opened on 3 July 1865 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway when it opened the branch line from Ballinluig to Aberfeldy.[1][2]

To the north west of the station was a goods yard and shed, with a 5 ton crane, able to take live stock, horse boxes and cattle vans.[3] To the south of the line as it left the station was a small engine shed and turntable.[4]

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1935 to 1939.[5] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1952 to 1963.[6]

The station closed to freight and passengers on 3 May 1965.[1][7]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Grandtully
Line and station closed 		  Highland Railway
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway 		  Terminus

The site today[]

The old station is now demolished, replaced by a parking area.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Quick 2019, p. 40.
  2. ^ Grant 2017, p. 278.
  3. ^ The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 12.
  4. ^ "Aberfeldy station on OS 25inch map Perth and Clackmannanshire XLIX.6 (Dull; Logierait; Weem)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. ^ McRae 1997, p. 22.
  6. ^ McRae 1998, p. 13.
  7. ^ Hurst 1992, p. 36 (ref 1703).
  8. ^ "Aberfeldy Branch (Highland Railway)". Railscot.

Bibliography[]

  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society.
  • The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 461. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

Further reading[]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • 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.

External links[]

Coordinates: 56°37′11.6″N 3°51′39.6″W / 56.619889°N 3.861000°W / 56.619889; -3.861000


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