Gleneagles railway station
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Gleneagles railway station serves the town of Auchterarder
in Perth and Kinross
, Scotland
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The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway
in 1919 following their takeover of the Scottish Central Railway
. The Caledonian Railway built the nearby Gleneagles Hotel
, which opened in 1925. The hotel served as the location for the G8 summit in 2005 and is a well known golf
resort; Gleneagles will host the 2014 Ryder Cup
.
Although the station provided the interchange with Crieff Junction Railway
which opened on 13 March 1856, Crieff Junction, slightly further north east was at the junction of the lines. The branch closed on 6 July 1964.
Auchterarder
Auchterarder is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the famous Gleneagles Hotel. The 1.5 mile long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "Lang Toon"....
in Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
in 1919 following their takeover of the Scottish Central Railway
Scottish Central Railway
The Scottish Central Railway was formed in 1845 to link the Caledonian Railway near Castlecary to the Scottish Midland Junction Railway at Perth...
. The Caledonian Railway built the nearby Gleneagles Hotel
Gleneagles Hotel
The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.- History :The hotel was built by the former Caledonian Railway Company and opened in 1924, originally with its own railway station...
, which opened in 1925. The hotel served as the location for the G8 summit in 2005 and is a well known golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
resort; Gleneagles will host the 2014 Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe...
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Although the station provided the interchange with Crieff Junction Railway
Crieff Junction Railway
The Crieff Junction Railway was constituted to link Crieff to the then Scottish Central Railway, later part of the Caledonian Railway at Gleneagles.The line opened on 13 March 1856 and was absorbed by the Scottish Central Railway on 29 June 1865....
which opened on 13 March 1856, Crieff Junction, slightly further north east was at the junction of the lines. The branch closed on 6 July 1964.