Innerpeffray railway station

Innerpeffray railway station served the hamlets of Innerpeffray and Millhills in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross.

Innerpeffray
LocationMillhills, Perthshire
Scotland
Coordinates56.3607°N 3.7898°W / 56.3607; -3.7898
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCrieff and Methven Junction Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
21 May 1866Opened[1]
1 January 1917Closed[1]
1 June 1919Re-opened[1]
1 October 1951Closed[1]

History

Opened on 21 May 1866 by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway, then by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station closed briefly on 1 January 1917, before reopening again on 1 June 1919. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was finally closed to passenger and goods traffic by British Railways on 1 October 1951.

References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), p. 127

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.
  • 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 Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
  • Innerpeffray station on navigable O. S. map
  • Disused stations
  • List of closed railway stations in Britain
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Abercairney   Caledonian Railway
Crieff and Methven Junction Railway
   Crieff


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