Auchterless railway station

Auchterless
Site of the station (1997)
Location
Place Kirkton of Auchterless
Area Aberdeenshire
Coordinates 57°29′16″N 2°25′20″W / 57.4878°N 2.4221°W / 57.4878; -2.4221Coordinates: 57°29′16″N 2°25′20″W / 57.4878°N 2.4221°W / 57.4878; -2.4221
Operations
Original company Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
History
5 September 1857 Station opens[1]
1 October 1951 Station closes[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Auchterless railway station was a railway station in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire.[2][3] It served a settlement known as Kirkton of Auchterless.

History

Opened by the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway,[1] then part of the Great North of Scotland Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by British Railways.


Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Fyvie
Line and Station closed		   Great North of Scotland Railway
Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway
  Turriff
Line and Station closed

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Butt (1995), page 21
  2. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38
  3. ↑ RAILSCOT

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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Auchterless railway station on navigable OS map
  • RAILSCOT on Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway
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