Killin railway station

Killin
Killin
Location	Killin, Stirling; Scotland
Coordinates	56°28′14″N 4°18′55″W / 56.4705°N 4.3154°WCoordinates: 56°28′14″N 4°18′55″W / 56.4705°N 4.3154°W
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Killin Railway
Pre-grouping	Killin Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 April 1886	Opened
28 September 1965	Effective closure date
1 November 1965	Official closure date

Killin railway station was a railway station located at Killin, Stirling.

History[]

Opened on 1 April 1886, the station comprised a single platform on the west side of the line.^[1] There were also three sidings on the same side.^[2]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1961 to 1963.^[3]

This station was officially closed on 1 November 1965, although following the Glen Ogle landslide on 27 September 1965, the service was suspended and replaced by buses until the official closure.^[1]^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Quick (2019); page 235
^ "Killin station on OS 25 inch map Perth and Clackmannanshire LXXX.3 (Kenmore; Killin)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ McRae (1998); pp 13-14
^ Hodgins & Sanders (1993); p 40

Sources[]

Hodgins, Douglas; Sanders, Keith (1993). British Railways Past and Present No 31 - North West Scotland. Kettering: Past & Present. ISBN 1-85895-090-2.
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.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Loch Tay		Killin Railway		Killin Junction

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[Quick-1] Quick (2019); page 235

[2] "Killin station on OS 25 inch map Perth and Clackmannanshire LXXX.3 (Kenmore; Killin)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[3] McRae (1998); pp 13-14

[4] Hodgins & Sanders (1993); p 40

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Killin
Location	Killin, Stirling Scotland
Coordinates	56°28′14″N 4°18′55″W / 56.4705°N 4.3154°W / 56.4705; -4.3154Coordinates: 56°28′14″N 4°18′55″W / 56.4705°N 4.3154°W / 56.4705; -4.3154
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Killin Railway
Pre-grouping	Killin Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 April 1886	Opened
28 September 1965	Effective closure date
1 November 1965	Official closure date