Auchterarder Station
Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Auchterarder Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 112090
Site Number NN91SE 58
NGR NN 9548 1216
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112090
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Auchterarder
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN91SE 58 9548 1216
(Location cited as NN 954 122). Auchterarder Station, opened 1848 by the Scottish Central Rly. Formerly a two-platform through station with a well preserved, though disused, standard Scottish Central building on the down platform. Similar to Forteviot and Greenloaning stations (NO01NW 80 and NN80NW 41, respectively).
J R Hume 1977.
This intermediate station on the Stirling-Perth line of the former Caledonian Rly was opened (by the Scottish Central Rly) on 22 May 1848. It was closed to regular passenger traffic on 11 June 1956, the line itself remaining in regular passenger use.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 July 1996.
R V J Butt 1995.
Auchterarder station, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1866, sheet cxviii), is no longer in use. Three sidings and what is presumably the remains of a platform are depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 22 July 1996.
