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ach-na-cloich+railway+station Latitude and Longitude:

56°27′12″N 5°18′37″W / 56.4534°N 5.3102°W / 56.4534; -5.3102
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Ach-na-Cloich
Location of the former station (1994)
General information
Location Achnacloich, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates 56°27′12″N 5°18′37″W / 56.4534°N 5.3102°W / 56.4534; -5.3102
Grid reference NM961339
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Callander and Oban Railway
Pre-grouping Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
1881Station opened [1]
1 January 1917Station closed [1]
1 June 1919Station reopened [1]
1 November 1965Station closed [1]

Ach-na-Cloich is a closed railway station located on the south shore of Loch Etive, in Argyll and Bute. Its site is located on the Oban route of the scenic West Highland Line, that was part of the Callander and Oban Railway.

The local village is called Achnacloich, although the Callander and Oban Railway named the station "Ach-na-Cloich". [2]

History

Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Taynuilt
Line and Station open
  Callander and Oban Railway
Operated by Caledonian Railway
  Connel Ferry
Line and Station open

The site today

Trains on the Oban section of the West Highland Line pass the site of the closed station. The single platform remains in situ but the wooden station building, which survived long after closure, has now gone.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 13
  2. ^ Fryer (1989): page 54 clearly shows the station name sign "ACH-NA-CLOICH"

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN  978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC  60251199. OL  11956311M.
  • Fryer, Charles (1989). The Callander and Oban Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN  0-8536-1377-X. OCLC  21870958.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN  978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC  22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN  978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC  228266687.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map

ach-na-cloich+railway+station Latitude and Longitude:

56°27′12″N 5°18′37″W / 56.4534°N 5.3102°W / 56.4534; -5.3102
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ach-na-Cloich
Location of the former station (1994)
General information
Location Achnacloich, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates 56°27′12″N 5°18′37″W / 56.4534°N 5.3102°W / 56.4534; -5.3102
Grid reference NM961339
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Callander and Oban Railway
Pre-grouping Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
1881Station opened [1]
1 January 1917Station closed [1]
1 June 1919Station reopened [1]
1 November 1965Station closed [1]

Ach-na-Cloich is a closed railway station located on the south shore of Loch Etive, in Argyll and Bute. Its site is located on the Oban route of the scenic West Highland Line, that was part of the Callander and Oban Railway.

The local village is called Achnacloich, although the Callander and Oban Railway named the station "Ach-na-Cloich". [2]

History

Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Taynuilt
Line and Station open
  Callander and Oban Railway
Operated by Caledonian Railway
  Connel Ferry
Line and Station open

The site today

Trains on the Oban section of the West Highland Line pass the site of the closed station. The single platform remains in situ but the wooden station building, which survived long after closure, has now gone.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 13
  2. ^ Fryer (1989): page 54 clearly shows the station name sign "ACH-NA-CLOICH"

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN  978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC  60251199. OL  11956311M.
  • Fryer, Charles (1989). The Callander and Oban Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN  0-8536-1377-X. OCLC  21870958.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN  978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC  22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN  978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC  228266687.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map

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