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Auchterarder railway station served the village of Auchterarder near Gleneagles in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

Auchterarder
Site of the station (1991)
General information
Location	Auchterarder, Perthshire Scotland
Coordinates	56.2902°N 3.6893°W / 56.2902; -3.6893
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Scottish Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
22 May 1848	Opened[1]
11 June 1956	Closed[1]

History

Opened by the Scottish Central Railway, then 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, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission in 1956.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dunning		Caledonian Railway Scottish Central Railway		Gleneagles

References

Notes

Sources

• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• RAILSCOT on Scottish Central Railway
• Auchterarder station on navigable O. S. map
• Disused stations

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