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Golf Club Halt railway station (Scotland)

Coordinates: 56°37′13″N 3°12′14″W / 56.6203°N 3.204°W / 56.6203; -3.204
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Golf Club Halt
General information
LocationAlyth, Perth and Kinross
Scotland
Coordinates56°37′13″N 3°12′14″W / 56.6203°N 3.204°W / 56.6203; -3.204
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
June 1912Opened
1 Jan.1917Closed
Sept.1919Opened
1947service withdrawn but used unoffically
2 July 1951completely closed

Golf Club Halt was a station which served Alyth Golf Club, in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. It was served by trains on the Alyth Railway which ran between Alyth and the Scottish Midland Junction Railway at Alyth Junction.[1] Also known as Pitcrocknie Platform.[2]

History

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Opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1912 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, Regular service withdrawn in 1947 but used unofficially until line closed in 1951.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Awdry (1990), page 57
  2. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 358

Sources

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  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • 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. 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
Alyth
Line and station closed
  Alyth Railway
Caledonian Railway
  Jordanstone
Line and station closed