Baldragon railway station

Baldragon
Baldragon Station site (1974)
General information
Location	Angus Scotland
Platforms	?
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 December 1831	Station opens
1 January 1917	Station closed
1 February 1919	station reopens
10 January 1955	Station closes [1]
Location

Baldragon railway station served the village of Baldragon in the Scottish county of Angus. Services were provided by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.

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, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995)

Sources

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

External links

• RAILSCOT on Dundee and Newtyle Railway Archived 28 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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

56°30′11″N3°00′47″W / 56.50300°N 3.01311°W / 56.50300; -3.01311