Auchterhouse railway station

Coordinates: 56°31′32″N 3°05′10″W / 56.52560°N 3.08615°W / 56.52560; -3.08615
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Auchterhouse
General information
Location
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 December 1831First station opened[1]
1 November 1860Replaced with new station on direct line[1]
10 January 1955Closed[1]

Auchterhouse railway station served the village of Auchterhouse in the Scottish county of Angus. Services were provided by the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. The first station of the name had to be moved in 1860 when the line was realigned to avoid an incline.

History

Opened by the

nationalisation
in 1948 who closed it in 1955.

References

  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995)

Sources

  • .
  • 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. .
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. .
  • Auchterhouse station on navigable O. S. map
  • Disused stations

External links

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dronley   Caledonian Railway
Dundee and Newtyle Railway
  Newtyle

56°31′32″N 3°05′10″W / 56.52560°N 3.08615°W / 56.52560; -3.08615