Kildary railway station

Kildary railway station served the village of Kildary, Highland, Scotland from 1864 to 1960 on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.

Kildary
General information
Location	Kildary, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	57.7442°N 4.0761°W / 57.7442; -4.0761
Grid reference	NH765746
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1864 (1864-06-01)	Opened as Parkhill
1 May 1868	Name changed to Kildary
13 June 1960 (1960-06-13)	Closed

History

The station opened as Parkhill on 1 June 1864 by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.^[1] The name was changed to Kildary on 1 May 1868.^[1]

The station had a goods yard to its north west equipped with a 3 ton crane.^[2][3] The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1936 and possibly 1937.^[4]

The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 13 June 1960.^[1][5]

References

1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 262. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
2. "Kildary station on OS 25inch map Ross-shire and Cromartyshire LIV.8 (Kilmuir Easter; Logie Easter)". National Library of Scotland. 1904. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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. 292. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
4. 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. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
5. "Kildary, Station". Canmore. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Delny Line open, station closed		Highland Railway Inverness and Ross-shire Railway		Nigg Line open, station closed