Crieff railway station

Crieff

Site of the station in 1986
Location
Place Crieff
Area Perth and Kinross
Operations
Original company Crieff Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
History
13 March 1856 Opened
6 July 1964 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Crieff was a junction railway station at Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was where the Crieff Junction Railway, Crieff & Methven Railway and the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway met.

The station was opened as The Terminus when the Crieff Junction Railway opened on 13 March 1856. The line from Methven Junction opened in 1867 and the line to Comrie opened 1 October 1901.

The station closed to passengers on 6 July 1964 with the closure of the lines to Comrie and Gleneagles. Freight continued on the Almond Valley line until September 1967.

References

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    Preceding station Disused railways Following station
    Pittenzie Halt
    Line and Station closed
      Caledonian Railway
    Crieff Junction Railway
      Terminus
    Innerpeffray
    Line and Station closed
      Caledonian Railway
    Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
      Terminus
    Terminus   Caledonian Railway
    Crieff and Comrie Railway
      Comrie
    Line and Station closed

    Coordinates: 56°22′13″N 3°50′34″W / 56.3703°N 3.8427°W / 56.3703; -3.8427


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