Baldragon railway station served the village of Baldragon in the Scottish county of Angus. Services were provided by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.
Baldragon | |
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General information | |
Location | Angus Scotland |
Platforms | ? |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Dundee and Newtyle Railway |
Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
16 December 1831 | Station opens |
1 January 1917 | Station closed |
1 February 1919 | station reopens |
10 January 1955 | Station closes[1] |
History
editOpened by the Dundee and Newtyle 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.
References
editNotes
edit- ^ Butt (1995)
Sources
edit- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O. S. map Near Kirktown of Strathmartine
External links
editPreceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Baldovan | Caledonian Railway Dundee and Newtyle Railway |
Dronley |