Abercairny Station
Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Abercairny Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Station House
Canmore ID 88146
Site Number NN92SW 59
NGR NN 9228 2095
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/88146
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Madderty
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN92SW 59 9228 2095
Station House [NR]
OS 1:10000 map, 1989
This intermediate station on the line from Perth (Almond Valley Junction) to Crieff was opened on 21 May 1866 by the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Rly.; it was subsequently incorporated into the Caledonian Rly and later into the London, Midland and Scottish Rly. The station closed to regular passenger traffic on 3 May 1965 and to goods traffic on 11 September 1967.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980; J Thomas and D Turnock 1989.
The former station house of Abercairny is now a private house, and the platforms and the lines of the tracks have been adapted as garden features. The existing building corresponds with that depicted on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map (Perthshire, sheet xcvi, 1867).
Visited by RCAHMS (IF), 8 November 1995.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Opened 1867.
Closed 1/10/1951.
