Aberfoyle railway station

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Aberfoyle
Aberfoyle station site geograph-3223972-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Location of the former station (1997)
General information
Location Aberfoyle, Stirling
Scotland
Coordinates 56°10′39″N4°22′59″W / 56.17755°N 4.38303°W / 56.17755; -4.38303 Coordinates: 56°10′39″N4°22′59″W / 56.17755°N 4.38303°W / 56.17755; -4.38303
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London 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.

Contents

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 43.
  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.

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