Inverkeilor railway station

Inverkeilor railway station served the village of Inverkeilor, Angus, Scotland from 1883 to 1930 on the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway.

Inverkeilor
Location	Inverkeilor, Angus Scotland
Coordinates	56.6327°N 2.5441°W
Grid reference	NO667491
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway
Pre-grouping	North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 May 1883	Opened
22 September 1930	Closed

History

The station was opened as Inverkeillor on 1 May 1883 by the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway. The line had opened for goods on 1 March but required a bridge to be rebuilt before it could be used for passenger trains. By 1896 the station had become Inverkeilor.[1]

To the northwest was the goods yard.[2]

The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 22 September 1930.[3] The signal box remains.[4]

Despite being closed the station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939, campers were advised to take the bus from either Arbroath or Montrose.[5]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
2. "Inverkeilor station on OS 25inch map Yorkshire XLVII.1 (Fylingdales)". National Library of Scotland. 1913. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
3. "Inverkeilor, Station Road, Station". Canmore. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
4. "RAILSCOT -Inverkeilor". Railscot. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
5. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 7 & 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Lunan Bay Line open, station closed		North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway		Cauldcots Line open, station closed