Abercairney railway station

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Abercairney
Location
Location	Scotland
Area	Perthshire
Operations
Original company	Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	?
History
May 21, 1866	Station opens
October 1, 1951	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
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Abercairney railway station served the town of Abercairney in in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

[edit] History

Opened by the Crieff and Methven Junction 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 Railways Board.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Madderty		Crieff and Methven Junction Railway Caledonian Railway		Innerpeffray

[edit] References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1 85260 508 1

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.  ISBN 0 906899 99 0

[edit] External links

• Disused stations