Killearn railway station

Killearn railway station served the village of Killearn, Stirling, Scotland from 1882 to 1951 on the Blane Valley Railway.

Killearn
Location	Killearn, Stirling Scotland
Coordinates	56.0382°N 4.3942°W
Grid reference	NS509853
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
2 October 1882	Opened as Killearn (New)
1 April 1896	Name changed to Killearn
1 October 1951	Closed to passengers
5 October 1959	Closed completely

History

The station opened as Killearn (New) on 2 October 1882 by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway when it extended the Blane Valley Railway northwards from Killearn (Old) to Gartness Junction (on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway). The station's name changed to Killearn on 1 April 1896 when Killearn (Old) was renamed Dumgoyne Hill.[1]

To the west was the goods yard.[2][3] The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939.[4]

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1951 and to goods traffic on 5 October 1959.[1][5]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
2. "Killearn station on OS 25inch map Stirlingshire Sheet XX.NE (includes: Drymen; Killearn)". National Library of Scotland. 1899. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
3. "Killearn station station on OS 25inch map Stirlingshire XX.12 (Killearn)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
4. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
5. Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 6 & 15 (refs 0244 & 0703). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.

External links

• Killearn station on Railscot

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		North British Railway Blane Valley Railway		Dumgoyne Line and station closed