Auldearn railway station

Auldearn
General information
Location	Auldearn, Highland Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
9 December 1895 [1]	Station opened
6 June 1960	Station Closed
Location

Auldearn was a railway station located near Nairn, in the Scottish administrative area of Highland. The station was on the line from Aberdeen to Inverness.

History

Opened by the Highland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

The site today

Trains still pass the site on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line.

References

1. Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain, a Chronology, by Michael Quick (Railway & Canal Historical Society, Oxford), 5th edition e-book accessed 17 May 2021

• 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. p. 21. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• 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.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Brodie Line open, Station closed		London, Midland and Scottish Railway Highland Railway		Nairn Line and station open

57°35′24″N3°48′38″W / 57.58996°N 3.81066°W / 57.58996; -3.81066