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Jordanstone railway station

Coordinates: 56°36′55″N 3°10′35″W / 56.6154°N 3.1763°W / 56.6154; -3.1763
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Jordanstone
General information
LocationAlyth, Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates56°36′55″N 3°10′35″W / 56.6154°N 3.1763°W / 56.6154; -3.1763
Platforms?
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAlyth Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
12 August 1861Opened[1]
2 July 1951Closed[1]

Jordanstone railway station served the area to the south of the village of Alyth in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was on the Alyth Railway from Alyth Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

History

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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]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Golf Club Halt
Line and station closed
  Alyth Railway
Caledonian Railway
  Meigle
Line and station closed

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 16

Sources

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  • 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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map