Gleneagles railway station
Gleneagles  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Eagas | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Auchterarder |
| Local authority | Perth and Kinross |
| Coordinates | 56°16′30″N 3°43′52″W / 56.2750°N 3.7310°WCoordinates: 56°16′30″N 3°43′52″W / 56.2750°N 3.7310°W |
| Grid reference | NN929105 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GLE |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 21,828 |
| 2005/06 |
 24,636 |
| 2006/07 |
26,547 |
| 2007/08 |
27,432 |
| 2008/09 |
31,062 |
| 2009/10 |
31,934 |
| 2010/11 |
36,782 |
| 2011/12 |
39,570 |
| 2012/13 |
43,602 |
| 2013/14 |
49,728 |
| History | |
| Original company | Scottish Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| 14 March 1856 | Opened as Crieff Junction |
| 1 April 1912 | Renamed Gleneagles |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gleneagles from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Gleneagles railway station serves the town of Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
History
The station was opened by the Scottish Central Railway on 14 March 1856 and was originally named Crieff Junction.[1] There was another station with the name of Crieff Junction to the north of this station which was only short-lived. The branch northwestward to Crieff was opened (by the Crieff Junction Railway company) on the same day. On 1 April 1912 it was renamed Gleneagles.[2]
The station was rebuilt and the junction remodelled by the Caledonian Railway in 1919 following their takeover of the Scottish Central Railway. The Caledonian Railway built the nearby Gleneagles Hotel, which opened in 1925. The hotel served as the location for the G8 summit in 2005 and is a well known golf resort; Gleneagles hosted the 2014 Ryder Cup.
The branch line to Crieff closed on 6 July 1964 due to the Beeching Axe.
Services
On weekdays & Saturdays there are 14 services to Glasgow Queen Street & 2 to Edinburgh Waverley southbound and 15 to Perth northbound; most of these continue to either Dundee or Aberdeen, though there are also a limited number of trains to/from Inverness via the Highland Main Line.[3] The service frequency is however somewhat irregular, with large gaps in the timetable at certain times of day.
Gleneagles is also served by the daily Highland Chieftain through service between Inverness and London King's Cross and the Caledonian Sleeper to London Euston each evening except Saturdays.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Dunblane | Virgin Trains East Coast East Coast Main Line |
Perth | ||
| Dunblane | Abellio ScotRail Highland Main Line |
Perth | ||
| Dunblane | Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper |
Perth | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Blackford Line open; Station closed |
Caledonian Railway Scottish Central Railway |
Auchterarder Line open; Station closed | ||
| Terminus | Caledonian Railway Crieff Junction Railway |
Tullibardine Line open; Station closed | ||
References
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 (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.
- Marshall, Peter (1998). The Scottish Central Railway : Perth to Stirling. Usk, Monmouthshire: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1522-5.
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