Auchterarder railway station

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Auchterarder
Auchterarder station site geograph-3243206-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station (1991)
General information
Location Auchterarder, Perthshire
Scotland
Coordinates 56°17′25″N3°41′21″W / 56.2902°N 3.6893°W / 56.2902; -3.6893 Coordinates: 56°17′25″N3°41′21″W / 56.2902°N 3.6893°W / 56.2902; -3.6893
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Scottish Central Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
22 May 1848Opened [1]
11 June 1956Closed [1]

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

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History

Opened by the Scottish Central Railway, then 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, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission in 1956.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dunning   Caledonian Railway
Scottish Central Railway
  Gleneagles

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995), page 11

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