Kildary railway station
Kildary | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Kildary, Highland Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°44′39″N 4°04′34″W / 57.7442°N 4.0761°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NH765746 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 June 1864 | Opened as Parkhill | ||||
| 1 May 1868 | Name changed to Kildary | ||||
| 13 June 1960 | Closed | ||||
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Kildary railway station served the village of Kildary, Highland, Scotland from 1864 to 1960 on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.
History
[edit]The station opened as Parkhill on 1 June 1864 by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.[1] The name was changed to Kildary on 1 May 1868.[1]
The station had a goods yard to its north west equipped with a 3 ton crane.[2][3] The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1936 and possibly 1937.[4]
The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 13 June 1960.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 262. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Kildary station on OS 25inch map Ross-shire and Cromartyshire LIV.8 (Kilmuir Easter; Logie Easter)". National Library of Scotland. 1904. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 292. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
- ^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- ^ "Kildary, Station". Canmore. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
External links
[edit]| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Delny Line open, station closed |
Highland Railway Inverness and Ross-shire Railway |
Nigg Line open, station closed | ||
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