Stanley (SMJR) railway station explained

Stanley
Status:Disused
Borough:Stanley, Perthshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:56.4862°N -3.4439°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:3 (1857 station)
Original:Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:2 August 1848
Events:Station opened[1]
Years1:1857
Events1:Station replaced
Years2:11 June 1956[2]
Events2:station closed

Stanley railway station was located in the Scottish village of Stanley, Perthshire and was opened in 1848 and closed in 1857, when the new station of Stanley Junction was built to the north in the location where the junction where the Perth and Dunkeld Railway diverged from the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

History

Opened by the Scottish Midland Junction 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995), page 219
  2. Book: Quick, M E. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 401. 931112387.