Balado
Balado railway station in October 1961
General information
LocationPerth and Kinross
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDevon Valley Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1863Station opens as Cleish Road
June 1878Station renamed Balado
15 June 1964Station closes

Balado railway station served the villages of Balado and Cleish in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. It was located on a line which ran from Alloa railway station to Kinross Junction.

History

Opened by the Devon Valley Railway,[1] it became part of the North British Railway and so into the London and North Eastern Railway. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Part of the platform still remains.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://ccgi.ewanbeth.force9.co.uk/cgi-bin/images/location.php?loc=Devon%20Valley%20Railway. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://archive.today/20121223170055/http://ccgi.ewanbeth.force9.co.uk/cgi-bin/images/imagecomplete2.php?id=16983. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Bibliography

  • R. V. J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
  • A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Crook of Devon   North British Railway
Devon Valley Railway		   Kinross Junction

56°11′47″N 3°28′33″W / 56.19632°N 3.47574°W / 56.19632; -3.47574


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