Abercairney railway station

Abercairny
Abercairny
	The station building and former platform in 2012
General information
Other names	Abbercairny; Abercairney
Location	Abercairny, Crieff, PH7 3QZ; Abercairney, Perthshire ; Scotland
Coordinates	56°22′08″N3°44′36″W / 56.3689°N 3.7432°W
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
21 May 1866	Opened
1 October 1951	Closed

Last updated January 09, 2024

Abercairney railway station served the Abercairny estates in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

History

Opened on 21 May 1866 by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway, then absorbed by 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, the station was closed to passenger traffic by British Railways on 1 October 1951. The line closed to goods on 11 September 1967.^[2]

The former station house, built in 1865, which served the station, was put up for sale in 2023.^[3]^[4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Madderty		Caledonian Railway Crieff and Methven Junction Railway		Innerpeffray

Related Research Articles

Mosspark railway station serves the Pollok and Cardonald areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¾ miles (6 km) west of Glasgow Central and is managed by ScotRail.

Balquhidder was a railway station around two miles south of Lochearnhead, Stirling (district). It was where the Callander and Oban Railway was joined by the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway from Crieff.

Innerpeffray railway station served the hamlets of Innerpeffray and Millhills in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

Madderty railway station served the locality of Madderty in Perthshire, Scotland. The village of St. Davids is around one mile to the south.

Balgowan railway station served the village of Balgowan, in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

Golf Club Halt was a station which served Alyth Golf Club, in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. It was served by trains on the Alyth Railway which ran between Alyth and the Scottish Midland Junction Railway at Alyth Junction. Also known as Pitcrocknie Platform.

Achterneed railway station was a railway station serving Strathpeffer and located on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, in Wester Ross, Scotland.

Advie railway station served the village of Advie, Morayshire, in Scotland.

Alcester was a railway station serving Alcester in the English county of Warwickshire.

All Stretton Halt was a minor railway station on the Welsh Marches Line between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton in the English county of Shropshire.

Almondbank railway station served the village of Almondbank, in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

Amisfield railway station was a station which served Amisfield, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on a local line which ran between the Caledonian Main Line at Lockerbie and the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Dumfries. The latter station is now the nearest to Amisfield.

Anstruther railway station served the village of Anstruther, Fife, in Scotland. Served by the Leven and East of Fife Railway it was opened in 1863.

Eastriggs railway station was a railway station in Dumfries and Galloway between Annan and Gretna.

Auchterarder railway station served the village of Auchterarder near Gleneagles in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

Auldbar Road railway station was located near the town of Guthrie in the Scottish county of Angus.

Avonbridge railway station was a station on the Slamannan Railway. The line connected mines and villages in the Central Scotland.

Balgreen Halt railway station served Balgreen in the Edinburgh. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch.

Shieldhill railway station was a station which served Shieldhill, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was served by trains on a local line which ran between the Caledonian Main Line at Lockerbie and the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway at Dumfries.

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.

References

Notes

1 2 Butt (1995), page 11
↑ "Abercairny Station". Canmore. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
↑ "Station House, Abercairney, Crieff, PH7 3QZ". www.galbraithgroup.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
↑ McKeown, Jack (11 December 2023). "Beautiful £225k former station house in rural Perthshire is fantastic renovation opportunity". The Courier. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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 (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.
Abercairney station on navigable O. S. map

This article about a railway station in the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Butt11-1] 1 2 Butt (1995), page 11

[2] "Abercairny Station". Canmore. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[3] "Station House, Abercairney, Crieff, PH7 3QZ". www.galbraithgroup.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[4] McKeown, Jack (11 December 2023). "Beautiful £225k former station house in rural Perthshire is fantastic renovation opportunity". The Courier. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]