- Source: Aberfoyle railway station
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.
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.
The site today
The old station is now demolished, replaced by a parking space.
References
Further reading
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.
External links
Aberfoyle station on navigable O.S. map
Railscot on the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
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