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Balgowan railway station

Coordinates: 56°23′08″N 3°38′09″W / 56.38544°N 3.63595°W / 56.38544; -3.63595
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Balgowan
Balgowan railway station in 1961
General information
LocationPerthshire
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCrieff and Methven Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
21 May 1866Station opens
1 October 1951Station closes

Balgowan railway station served the village of Balgowan, in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

History

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Opened on 21 May 1866 by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway and then later absorbed by 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, the station was closed to passenger traffic by the British Railways Board on 1 October 1951.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Methven Junction   Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
Caledonian Railway
  Madderty

References

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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
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56°23′08″N 3°38′09″W / 56.38544°N 3.63595°W / 56.38544; -3.63595