Aberfeldy railway station

Aberfeldy
General information
Location	Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 July 1865	Station opens
3 May 1965	Station 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.

References

1. Quick 2022, p. 43.
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).

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 (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• 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. (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.

External links

• RAILSCOT on Aberfeldy Branch
• Aberfeldy station on navigable O. S. map

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