Woodside and Burrelton railway station

Woodside and Burrelton
Former Burrelton station house, 1997
Location
Coordinates	56°31′34″N 3°18′15″W / 56.5262°N 3.3041°WCoordinates: 56°31′34″N 3°18′15″W / 56.5262°N 3.3041°W
Operations
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1905	Station opened as Woodside and Burrelton[1]
1 September 1927	Station renamed as Burrelton[1][2]
11 June 1956	Station closed[2]
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Woodside and Burrelton railway station was in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on the former Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

History

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 254
2. Butt (1995), page 49

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.
• "Railscot Scottish Midland Junction Railway".
• "Woodside and Burrelton railway station on navigable O.S. map".