Auchterhouse railway station

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Auchterhouse
General information
Location Angus
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 December 1831First station opened [1]
1 November 1860Replaced with new station on direct line [1]
10 January 1955Closed [1]

Auchterhouse railway station served the village of Auchterhouse in the Scottish county of Angus. Services were provided by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. The first station of the name had to be moved in 1860 when the line was realigned to avoid an incline.

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History

Opened by the Dundee and Newtyle 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 who closed it in 1955.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Butt (1995)

Sources

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dronley   Caledonian Railway
Dundee and Newtyle Railway
  Newtyle

56°31′32″N3°05′10″W / 56.52560°N 3.08615°W / 56.52560; -3.08615