Balado railway station

Balado
Balado railway station in October 1961
General information
Location	Perth and Kinross Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Devon Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1863	Station opens as Cleish Road
June 1878	Station renamed Balado
15 June 1964	Station 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, 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.

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

External links

• Railscot on Devon Vale Railway
• Station on navigable O. S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Crook of Devon		North British Railway Devon Valley Railway		Kinross Junction