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Baldragon railway station

Coordinates: 56°30′11″N 3°00′47″W / 56.50300°N 3.01311°W / 56.50300; -3.01311
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Baldragon
General information
LocationAngus
Platforms?
History
Original companyDundee and Newtyle Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 December 1831Station opens
1 January 1917Station closed
1 February 1919station reopens
10 January 1955Station closes[1]

Baldragon railway station served the village of Baldragon in the Scottish county of Angus. Services were provided by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.

History

Opened by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway 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 the British Transport Commission.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Baldovan   Caledonian Railway
Dundee and Newtyle Railway
  Dronley

The site today

References

Notes

  1. ^ Butt (1995)

Sources

  • 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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • RAILSCOT on Dundee and Newtyle Railway
  • Station on navigable O. S. map Near Kirktown of Strathmartine

56°30′11″N 3°00′47″W / 56.50300°N 3.01311°W / 56.50300; -3.01311