Aberfoyle railway station served the village of
Aberfoyle Aberfoyle may refer to:
*Aberfoyle, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
* Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland
* Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada
* Aberfoyle, Texas, United States
*Aberfoyle, Warwick
Aberfoyle is a heritage-listed detached house at 35 Woo ...
in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
between 1882 and 1951.
History
The station was opened by the
Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway
The Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway was a railway line in Scotland.
The line was operated by the North British Railway and then, after 1923, by the London and North Eastern Railway. Unable to compete in the face of road competition, the lin ...
on 1 August 1882 as the terminus of a short branch line from
Buchlyvie
Buchlyvie is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is situated west of Stirling and north of Glasgow. Lying within the Carse of Forth, to the north is Flanders Moss and to the south are the Campsie Fells. The village lies on th ...
on the
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway was a railway line in Scotland which ran from Stirling to Balloch.
It was built with the expectation of conveying coal from the Fife coalfields to a quay at Bowling on the Clyde for onward transport, but th ...
.
The line was absorbed into the
North British Railway
The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...
, it became part of the
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...
during the
Grouping
Grouping may refer to:
* Muenchian grouping
* Principles of grouping
* Railways Act 1921, also known as Grouping Act, a reorganisation of the British railway system
* Grouping (firearms), the pattern of multiple shots from a sidearm
See also ...
of 1923.
The station was host to a
LNER LNER may refer to:
* London and North Eastern Railway, a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1923 until 1947
* London North Eastern Railway, a train operating company in the United Kingdom since 2018
* Liquid neutral earthing resistor, a typ ...
camping coach
Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...
from 1935 to 1939.
It became part of the
Scottish Region of British Railways
The Scottish Region (ScR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and ex-London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) lines in Scotland. It existed from the creation o ...
on
nationalisation
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...
in 1948.
The line and station closed to passengers on 1 October 1951 and to freight on 5 October 1959.
The site today
The old station is now demolished, replaced by a parking space.
References
Further reading
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* {{Jowett-Atlas
External links
Aberfoyle station on navigable O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Stirling (council area)
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951
Former North British Railway stations
1882 establishments in Scotland
1951 disestablishments in Scotland