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Craigo, Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Craigo, Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Craigo Station
Canmore ID 168452
Site Number NO66SE 44
NGR NO 68825 64370
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/168452
- Council Angus
- Parish Logie Pert
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO66SE 44 6876 6446
Goods Station [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.
(Location cited as NO 688 643). Craigo Station, opened c. 1850 by the Aberdeen Railway. Formerly a two-platform through station. The down-platform building survives, a single-storey rubble building with a large glazed panel in the middle of the platform frontage.
J R Hume 1977.
This intermediate station on the Perth - Kinnaber Junction - Aberdeen (main) line of the former Caledonian Rly was opened (by the Aberdeen Rly) on 1 November 1849. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 11 June 1956; the line remains open as part of the Edinburgh - Aberdeen main line.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 September 2000.
R V J Butt 1995.
NO66SE 44 68825 64370
NMRS REFERENCE
Caledonian Railway.
Station probably opened 01/04/1850 (Aberdeen Railway); closed 11/06/1956.
Reference (19 April 2012)
This station and goods shed of c.1850 depicted on the Ordnance Survey first and second edition 25-inch maps (Forfarshire, 1865 and 1904, sheet XXVIII.1) have been demolished. Only the signal box (depicted on Ordnance Survey second edition 25-inch map (Forfarshire, 1904, sheet XXVIII.1)) remains.
Information from RCAHMS (MMD) 19 April 2012.
