Crieff railway station
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Crieff was a junction railway station at Crieff
, Perth and Kinross
, Scotland
. It was where the Crieff Junction Railway
, Crieff & Methven Railway
and the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway met.
The station was opened as The Terminus when the Crieff Junction Railway opened on 13 March 1856. The line from Methven Junction
opened in 1867 and the line to Comrie opened 1 October 1901.
The station closed to passengers on 6 July 1964 with the closure of the lines to Comrie and Gleneagles
. Freight continued on the Almond Valley line until September 1967.
Crieff
Crieff is a market town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the A85 road between Perth and Crianlarich and also lies on the A822 between Greenloaning and Aberfeldy. The A822 joins onto the A823 which leads to Dunfermline....
, Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was where the Crieff Junction Railway
Crieff Junction Railway
The Crieff Junction Railway was constituted to link Crieff to the then Scottish Central Railway, later part of the Caledonian Railway at Gleneagles.The line opened on 13 March 1856 and was absorbed by the Scottish Central Railway on 29 June 1865....
, Crieff & Methven Railway
Crieff & Methven Railway
The Crieff and Methven Junction Railway joined the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway at Methven Junction and connected the latter line to Crieff.-History:...
and the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway met.
The station was opened as The Terminus when the Crieff Junction Railway opened on 13 March 1856. The line from Methven Junction
Methven Junction railway station
Methven Junction railway station served the village of Methven in Scotland.-External links:*...
opened in 1867 and the line to Comrie opened 1 October 1901.
The station closed to passengers on 6 July 1964 with the closure of the lines to Comrie and Gleneagles
Gleneagles railway station
Gleneagles railway station serves the town of Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1919 following their takeover of the Scottish Central Railway. The Caledonian Railway built the nearby Gleneagles Hotel, which opened in 1925...
. Freight continued on the Almond Valley line until September 1967.