Aberfoyle railway station

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Aberfoyle
Aberfoyle station site geograph-3223972-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Location of the former station (1997)
LocationAberfoyle, Stirling
Scotland
Coordinates56°10′39″N 4°22′59″W / 56.17755°N 4.38303°W / 56.17755; -4.38303Coordinates: 56°10′39″N 4°22′59″W / 56.17755°N 4.38303°W / 56.17755; -4.38303
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyStrathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1882[1]Station opens
1 October 1951Station closes
5 October 1959closed for freight

Aberfoyle railway station served the village of Aberfoyle in Scotland between 1882 and 1951.

History[]

The station was opened by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway on 1 August 1882 as the terminus of a short branch line from Buchlyvie on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.[2][3]

The line was absorbed into the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923.

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939.[4]

It became part of the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The line and station closed to passengers on 1 October 1951 and to freight on 5 October 1959.[2][5]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Gartmore   North British Railway
Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
   Terminus

The site today[]

The old station is now demolished, replaced by a parking space.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf
  2. ^ a b Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society.
  3. ^ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 542. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  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.
  6. ^ "Tour Aberfoyle". Tour Scotland. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

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.

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