Killin railway station

For the Callander and Oban Railway station of the same name, see Glenoglehead railway station.

Killin
General information
Location	Killin, Stirling Scotland
Coordinates	56.4705°N 4.3154°W / 56.4705; -4.3154
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Killin Railway
Pre-grouping	Killin Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 April 1886	Opened
28 September 1965	Effective closure date
1 November 1965	Official closure date

Killin railway station was a railway station located at Killin, Stirling.

History

Opened on 1 April 1886, the station comprised a single platform on the west side of the line.^[1] There were also three sidings on the same side.^[2]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1961 to 1963.^[3]

This station was officially closed on 1 November 1965, although following the Glen Ogle landslide on 27 September 1965, the service was suspended and replaced by buses until the official closure.^[1][4]

References

1. Quick 2022, p. 263.
2. "Killin station on OS 25 inch map Perth and Clackmannanshire LXXX.3 (Kenmore; Killin)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
3. McRae 1998, pp. 13–14.
4. Hodgins & Sanders 1993, p. 40.

Sources

• Hodgins, Douglas; Sanders, Keith (1993). British Railways Past and Present No 31 - North West Scotland. Kettering: Past & Present. ISBN 1-85895-090-2.
• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Loch Tay		Killin Railway		Killin Junction