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Auldearn railway station

Coordinates: 57°35′24″N 3°48′38″W / 57.58996°N 3.81066°W / 57.58996; -3.81066
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Auldearn
General information
LocationAuldearn, Highland
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHighland Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
9 December 1895 [1]Station opened
6 June 1960Station Closed

Auldearn was a railway station located near Nairn, in the Scottish administrative area of Highland. The station was on the line from Aberdeen to Inverness.

History

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

The site today

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Trains still pass the site on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line.

References

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  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain, a Chronology, by Michael Quick (Railway & Canal Historical Society, Oxford), 5th edition e-book accessed 17 May 2021
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Brodie
Line open, Station closed
  London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Highland Railway
  Nairn
Line and station open

57°35′24″N 3°48′38″W / 57.58996°N 3.81066°W / 57.58996; -3.81066