Abercairney railway station

Abercairney railway station served the Abercairny estates in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

Abercairny
The station building and former platform in 2012
General information
Other namesAbbercairny; Abercairney
LocationAbercairny, Crieff, PH7 3QZ
Abercairney, Perthshire
Scotland
Coordinates56°22′08″N 3°44′36″W / 56.3689°N 3.7432°W / 56.3689; -3.7432
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened21 May 1866[1]
Closed1 October 1951[1]
Original companyCrieff and Methven Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway

History

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Opened on 21 May 1866 by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway, then absorbed 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, the station was closed to passenger traffic by British Railways on 1 October 1951. The line closed to goods on 11 September 1967.[2]

The former station house, built in 1865, which served the station, was put up for sale in 2023.[3][4]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Madderty   Caledonian Railway
Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
  Innerpeffray

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 11
  2. ^ "Abercairny Station". Canmore. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Station House, Abercairney, Crieff, PH7 3QZ". www.galbraithgroup.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ McKeown, Jack (11 December 2023). "Beautiful £225k former station house in rural Perthshire is fantastic renovation opportunity". The Courier. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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