Ardler railway station

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Ardler
Ardler station site geograph-3235482-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Remains of the station in 1997
Location Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates 56°33′39″N3°12′19″W / 56.56094°N 3.20535°W / 56.56094; -3.20535 Coordinates: 56°33′39″N3°12′19″W / 56.56094°N 3.20535°W / 56.56094; -3.20535
Grid reference NO260417
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
February 1837Station opens [1]
11 June 1956Station closes [1]

Ardler railway station served the village of Ardler in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. Its proximity to Alyth Junction made it part of the divergence of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway from the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

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History

Opened by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and absorbed into 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, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Coupar Angus   Caledonian Railway
Scottish Midland Junction Railway
  Alyth Junction
Junction with SMJR   Caledonian Railway
Dundee and Newtyle Railway
  Newtyle

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995)

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