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Kinross Junction railway station

Coordinates: 56°12′29″N 3°25′59″W / 56.2081°N 3.4330°W / 56.2081; -3.4330
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Kinross Junction
The site of the station in 2002
General information
LocationKinross, Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
British Rail (Scottish Region)
Key dates
20 August 1858 (1858-08-20)First station opened as Kinross
1860First station closed and second station opened as Hopefield
1 October 1871Name changed to Kinross Junction
1890Relocated
5 January 1970 (1970-01-05)Closed

Kinross Junction railway station served the burgh of Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Scotland from 1860 to 1970 on the Fife and Kinross Railway.

History

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The first station opened as Kinross on 20 August 1858 by the North British Railway. It closed in 1860 but a second station opened in the same year as Hopefield. It was renamed Kinross Junction on 1 October 1871 when the Devon Valley Railway opened. It was closed and resited 200 yards north in 1890. The signal box was to the south. It replaced the north signal box, which was burned down in the 1890s. The station closed on 5 January 1970.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 251. OCLC 931112387.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Loch Leven
Line and station closed
  Fife and Kinross Railway   Milnathort
Line and station closed
Balado
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
Devon Valley Railway
  Terminus
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56°12′29″N 3°25′59″W / 56.2081°N 3.4330°W / 56.2081; -3.4330