Aberfoyle railway station explained

Aberfoyle
Status:Disused
Borough:Aberfoyle, Stirling
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:56.1776°N -4.383°W
Platforms:1
Original:Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
Pregroup:North British Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:1 August 1882[1]
Events:Station opens
Years1:1 October 1951
Events1:Station closes
Years2:5 October 1959
Events2:closed for freight

Aberfoyle railway station served the village of Aberfoyle in Scotland between 1882 and 1951.

History

The station was opened by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway on 1 August 1882 as the terminus of a short branch line from Buchlyvie on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.

The line was absorbed into the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923.

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939.[2]

It became part of the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The line and station closed to passengers on 1 October 1951 and to freight on 5 October 1959.[3]

The site today

The old station is now demolished, replaced by a parking space.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 25 October 2020 . 24 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200924195247/https://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf . dead .
  2. Book: McRae, Andrew. British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region) . Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One) . Foxline . 1997 . 1-870119-48-7. 11.
  3. Book: Hurst, Geoffrey. 1992. Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Milepost Publications. 0-9477-9618-5. 6 & 15 (refs 0244 & 0703).
  4. Web site: Tour Aberfoyle . Tour Scotland . 5 June 2020.