Balfron railway station

Balfron
Balfron railway station in 1961
Location
Place	Scotland
Area	Kirkintilloch
Coordinates	56.074°N 4.375°W / 56.074; -4.375
Operations
Original company	Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
26 May 1856	Station opens
1 October 1951	Station closes
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

Balfron railway station served the village of Balfron in Scotland. The station was served by trains on the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway and the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.

History

Opened by the Edinburgh and Glasgow (Forth and Clyde Junction Railway), and absorbed into the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was closed by British Railways in 1951.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Gartness Line and station closed		North British Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Railway		Buchlyvie Line and station closed
Killearn Line and station closed		North British Railway Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway

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. 
• Balfron station on navigable OS map
• RAILSCOT on Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
• Railscot on the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
• Picture of Station