Balado railway station
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Balado | |
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![]() Balado railway station in October 1961 | |
General information | |
Location | Perth and Kinross Scotland |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Devon Valley Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 August 1863 | Station opens as Cleish Road |
June 1878 | Station renamed Balado |
15 June 1964 | Station closes |
Balado railway station served the villages of Balado and Cleish in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. It was located on a line which ran from Alloa railway station to Kinross Junction.
History
Opened by the Devon Valley Railway,[1] it became part of the North British Railway and so into the London and North Eastern Railway. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.
The site today
Part of the platform still remains.[2]
References
- ^ http://ccgi.ewanbeth.force9.co.uk/cgi-bin/images/location.php?loc=Devon%20Valley%20Railway.
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Bibliography
- R. V. J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
- A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0
External links
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Crook of Devon | North British Railway Devon Valley Railway |
Kinross Junction |
56°11′47″N 3°28′33″W / 56.19632°N 3.47574°W
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