Auchendinny railway station

Auchendinny railway station was a station which served Auchendinny, in the Scottish county of Midlothian. It was served by trains on the branch line that terminated at Penicuik.

Auchendinny
Location of the station in 2000
General information
LocationAuchendinny, Midlothian
Scotland
Grid referenceNT251617
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened2 July 1872; 152 years ago (1872-07-02)
Closed5 March 1951; 73 years ago (1951-03-05)
Original companyPenicuik Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway

History

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Opened by the Penicuik Railway, then run by the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, only to be closed by British Railways three years later.

The site today

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The platform is still there although overgrown and the station building is a dwelling house.[1]

References

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  • 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.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Rosslyn Castle   North British Railway
Penicuik Railway
  Eskbridge

55°50′35″N 3°11′51″W / 55.84315°N 3.19748°W / 55.84315; -3.19748