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Meigle railway station

Meigle railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Road junction, Meigle - geograph.org.uk - 1845850

Maigheach-gheal — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

About

Meigle railway station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Meigle railway station served the village of Meigle in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. The station was on the Alyth Railway from Alyth Junction on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway running between Perth and Arbroath.

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Background

History

Opened by the Alyth Railway on 12 August 1861 as Fullarton, and renamed to Meigle on 1 November 1876 when the station on the same name on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway was renamed to . It was 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 British Railways on 2 July 1951. <br /><small>Line and station closed</small> |next = <br /><small>Line and station closed</small> |route = Alyth Railway<br /><small>Caledonian Railway</small> |col = |lightcol= }}

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Coordinates
56.5885, -3.1584

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Where is Meigle railway station?
Meigle railway station is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.5885°, -3.1584°.