Carsbreck railway station

Carsbreck
Carsbreck
	Carsbreck Loch with the railway line embankment
General information
Location	Blackford, Perth and Kinross; Scotland
Coordinates	56°15′36″N 3°49′37″W / 56.260°N 3.827°W
Grid reference	NN 86942 09004
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Scottish Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
Circa 1853	Station opened
1935.	Station closed

Carsbreck railway station^[2] was a private station opened on the Scottish Central Railway near Carsebreck Loch, the Royal Caledonian Curling pond, between Stirling and Perth for the use of the curlers belonging to the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. It was first named by the Scottish Central Railway as 'Royal Curling Club Station,^[3] a host of later names being Caledonian Curling Society's Platform,^[4] Curling Pond Halt,^[5] Royal Curling Club Platform,^[6] Royal Curling Club Station, Netherton Halt and finally as Carsbreck Station.^[7] It is unclear how many of these were official names. The site lay in the parish of Ardoch, Perth and Kinross with the villages of Braco, Greenloaning and Blackford nearby. The Scottish Central Railway line had been opened in 1848.

^ Cite error: The named reference RCCC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Butt 1995, p. 55.
^ Smith, Page 73
^ Butt 1995, p. 51.
^ Butt 1995, p. 74.
^ Butt 1995, p. 200.
^ Canmore - Netherton Halt

[RCCC-1] Cite error: The named reference RCCC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[FOOTNOTEButt199555-2] Butt 1995, p. 55.

[Smith,_Page_73-3] Smith, Page 73

[FOOTNOTEButt199551-4] Butt 1995, p. 51.

[FOOTNOTEButt199574-5] Butt 1995, p. 74.

[FOOTNOTEButt1995200-6] Butt 1995, p. 200.

[7] Canmore - Netherton Halt

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Carsbreck railway station

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