Abernethy railway station served the village of Abernethy, in Scotland.

Abernethy
Location of the former station (1997)
General information
Location	Abernethy, Perth and Kinross Scotland
Coordinates	56.33559°N 3.31263°W / 56.33559; -3.31263
Grid reference	NO188166
Platforms	?
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
18 May 1848	Abernethy Road opened[1]
18 July 1848	Abernethy opened[1]
25 July 1848	Abernethy Road closed[1]
19 September 1955	Abernethy closed[1]

History

Initially Abernethy Road opened concurrently with the Edinburgh and Northern Railway on 18 May 1848.[1] When the line was extended this first station was replaced by Abernethy on 18 July 1848.[1]

It became part of the North British Railway in 1865, and so into the London and North Eastern Railway. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by the British Transport Commission on 19 September 1955.[1]

The site today

Although the line through the station site is still open for trains, as part of the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line between Perth and Ladybank, the station at Abernethy is closed. A small section of the southbound platform is still in place, but is heavily overgrown.

References

Notes

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• 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.
• "Abernethy Station on navigable O. S. map".