Auchterarder railway station

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Auchterarder
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Site of the station (1991)
Location
Place Auchterarder
Area Perthshire
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Operations
Original company Scottish Central Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
22 May 1848 Opened[1]
11 June 1956 Closed[1]
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Auchterarder railway station served the village of Auchterarder near Gleneagles in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

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

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Butt (1995), page 11

Sources

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