Auchterless railway station

Auchterless
Site of the station (1997)
Location
Place	Kirkton of Auchterless
Area	Aberdeenshire
Coordinates	57°29′16″N 2°25′20″W / 57.4878°N 2.4221°WCoordinates: 57°29′16″N 2°25′20″W / 57.4878°N 2.4221°W
Operations
Original company	Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great North of Scotland Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
History
5 September 1857	Station opens[1]
1 October 1951	Station closes[1]
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Auchterless railway station was a railway station in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire.^[2][3] It served a settlement known as Kirkton of Auchterless.

History

Opened by the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway,^[1] then part of the Great North of Scotland Railway it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 21
2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.38
3. RAILSCOT

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• 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. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• Auchterless railway station on navigable OS map
• RAILSCOT on Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway