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Ballachulish Ferry railway station

Coordinates: 56°41′07″N 5°10′50″W / 56.6854°N 5.1806°W / 56.6854; -5.1806
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Ballachulish Ferry
Eastward view towards Ballachulish (Glencoe) in 1961
General information
LocationSouth Ballachulish, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates56°41′07″N 5°10′50″W / 56.6854°N 5.1806°W / 56.6854; -5.1806
Line(s)Ballachulish branch line
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCallander and Oban Railway
Pre-groupingCallander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Key dates
24 August 1903Opened[1]
25 May 1953Closed
24 August 1953Re-opened
28 March 1966Closed[1]

Ballachulish Ferry was a railway station on the south shore at the narrows of Loch Leven at South Ballachulish in Highland region, Scotland. It was on the Ballachulish branch line that linked Connel Ferry, on the main line of the Callander and Oban Railway, with Ballachulish.

History

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Ballachulish Ferry station opened on 24 August 1903.[1] It had one platform, on the north side of the line.

The station was opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, which was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was closed by the British Railways Board in 1966,[1] when the Ballachulish Branch closed.

Ballachulish Ferry Hotels, photograph by James Valentine, ca. 1870
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Kentallen
Line and station closed
  Callander and Oban Railway
Ballachulish Branch
Caledonian Railway
  Ballachulish
Line and station closed

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), p.23

Sources

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  • 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.
  • Ballachulish Ferry station on navigable 1954 map