Dumgoyne railway station

Dumgoyne
The site of the station, looking south towards Lenzie, in 1997
General information
Location	Killearn, Stirling Scotland
Coordinates	56.0212°N 4.3713°W / 56.0212; -4.3713
Grid reference	NS523834
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
1 July 1867 (1867-07-01)	Opened as Killearn
1 October 1882	Name changed to Killearn (Old)
1 April 1896	Name changed to Dumgoyne Hill
28 September 1897	Name changed to Dumgoyne
1 October 1951	Closed to passengers
5 October 1959 (1959-10-05)	Closed completely

Dumgoyne railway station served the village of Killearn, Stirling, Scotland from 1867 to 1951 on the Blane Valley Railway.

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1867 as Killearn by the Blane Valley Railway.^[1] It was originally the terminus station until the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway extended the line northwards to Killearn and Gartness Junction (on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway), this section opening on 1 October 1882, at which point this station's name was changed to Killearn (Old).^[1][2]

The station's name was changed again to Dumgoyne Hill on 1 April 1896 and to Dumgoyne on 28 September 1897.^[1]

To the southeast was an engine shed, to the east was the goods yard and shed and to the southeast was the signal box.^[3][4] Glengoyne Distillery was also to the east.^[4]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1937 to 1939.^[5]

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1951 and to goods traffic on 5 October 1959.^[1][6]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 170. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
2. Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. pp. 55 & 542. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
3. The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 173. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
4. "Dumgoyne station on OS 25inch map Stirlingshire XX.16 (Killearn; Strathblane)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
5. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
6. 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

• Dumgoyne station on Railscot
• Dumgoyne station, 1997

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Killearn Line and station closed		North British Railway Blane Valley Railway		Blanefield Line and station closed