Allanfearn | |
|---|---|
%252C_Highland_(geograph_4425157).jpg.webp) Site of Allanfearn station, 2015 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Near Culloden, Highland Scotland |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Inverness and Nairn Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| Key dates | |
| 7 November 1855 | Station opened as Culloden |
| 1 November 1898 | Station renamed Allanfearn |
| 3 May 1965 | Station Closed |
Allanfearn was a railway station located near Culloden, outside Inverness, Highland, Scotland. It was initially named Culloden when opened, but was renamed to Allanfearn in November 1898, to avoid confusion with the station at Culloden Moor on the newly opened direct line from Inverness to Aviemore.
History
The station was opened on 7 November 1855 by the Inverness and Nairn Railway, it was renamed on 1 November 1898 when the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway opened.[1] The line was absorbed by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway which in turn was absorbed by the Highland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1936 to 1939.[2] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1957 to 1963.[3]
The station was closed by the British Railways Board in May 1965,[4] along with the other surviving intermediate stations between Inverness & Nairn as a result of the Beeching Axe.
Services
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Stuart Platform Station closed; Line open |
Highland Railway Inverness and Nairn Railway |
Inverness Station and Line open | ||
The site today
The closed station buildings survive (next to an automatic half-barrier level crossing) and are now occupied.[5] They are passed by trains on the single track Aberdeen to Inverness Line. Remains of a platform can also be seen.
Notes
- ↑ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
- ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- ↑ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 13. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
- ↑ "Disused Stations - Allanfearn". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ Thompson, Nigel. "Allanfearn railway station (site), Highland - 2015". Geograph. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
Further reading
- 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.
- 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.
External links
- RAILSCOT on Inverness and Nairn Railway
- Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Allanfearn Station
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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