Madderty railway station

Madderty
Madderty
	The station house in 2007
General information
Location	Madderty, Perthshire ; Scotland
Coordinates	56°22′54″N3°41′34″W / 56.3817°N 3.6928°W Coordinates: 56°22′54″N3°41′34″W / 56.3817°N 3.6928°W
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
21 May 1866	Opened
1 October 1951	Closed

Last updated October 12, 2022

Madderty railway station served the locality of Madderty in Perthshire, Scotland. The village of St. Davids is around one mile to the south.

History

Opened on 21 May 1866 by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway, then operated by the Caledonian Railway,^[1] 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, the station was closed to passenger traffic by British Railways on 1 October 1951.

For several years following closure the Station Master's house was rented out as holiday accommodation in the Summer. It is now a private house.^{[ citation needed ]}

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Balgowan Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Crieff and Methven Junction Railway		Abercairney Line and station closed

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References

Notes

1 2 3 Butt (1995), page 152

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.
Madderty railway station on navigable O. S. map

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