Appin railway station

Appin

Remains of Appin station
Location
Place Portnacroish
Area Argyll and Bute
Coordinates 56°34′17″N 5°22′48″W / 56.5713°N 5.3800°W / 56.5713; -5.3800Coordinates: 56°34′17″N 5°22′48″W / 56.5713°N 5.3800°W / 56.5713; -5.3800
Operations
Original company Callander and Oban Railway
Ballachulish Branch
Pre-grouping Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Platforms 2
History
24 August 1903 Opened[1]
28 March 1966 Closed[1]
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Appin was a railway station in Scotland, close to the Sound of Shuna on the east shore of Loch Laiche - an arm of Loch Linnhe, Portnacroish, Appin in Argyll and Bute.

History

This station opened on 24 August 1903. It was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There were sidings on both sides of the line.

Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

It was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1966, when the Ballachulish Branch of the Callander and Oban Railway was closed.

The station had been the location of a camping coach.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Creagan
Line and station closed
  Callander and Oban Railway
Ballachulish Branch

Caledonian Railway
  Duror
Line and station closed

Signalling

Throughout its existence, signalling on the Ballachulish Branch used the electric token system. Appin signal box was located on the Down platform, on the west side of the railway. It had 24 levers.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995), p.17

Sources

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