Stanley (SMJR) railway station

Stanley
General information
Location	Stanley, Perthshire Scotland
Coordinates	56.4862°N 3.4439°W / 56.4862; -3.4439
Grid reference	NO111336
Platforms	3 (1857 station)
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 August 1848	Station opened
1857	Station replaced
11 June 1956	station closed

Stanley railway station was located in the Scottish village of Stanley, Perthshire and was opened in 1848 and closed in 1857, when the new station of Stanley Junction was built to the north in the location where the junction where the Perth and Dunkeld Railway diverged from the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

History

Opened by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and absorbed into the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Strathord Line open, station closed		Caledonian Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway		Cargill Line and station closed
		Highland Railway Perth and Dunkeld Railway		Murthly Line open, station closed

References

Sources

• 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 (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• "Stanley railway station on navigable O.S. map".