Alyth railway station

Alyth
Location
Place	Alyth
Area	Perth and Kinross
Coordinates	56°37′10″N 3°13′32″W / 56.61954°N 3.22547°WCoordinates: 56°37′10″N 3°13′32″W / 56.61954°N 3.22547°W
Operations
Original company	Alyth Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	?
History
12 August 1861	Opened[1]
2 July 1951	Closed[1]
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Alyth railway station served the village of Alyth in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was the terminus of a branch line from Alyth Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

History

Opened by the Alyth Railway on 12 August 1861,^[1] 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 British Railways on 2 July 1951.^[1]

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 16

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• "RAILSCOT on Alyth Railway". Retrieved 4 November 2011.
• Station on navigable O.S. map