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Glencarron Platform railway station

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99: 27: 303:, the platform eventually began to be used by regular members of the travelling public alighting to explore the landscape or rejoining the train after walks. It was officially made a public station in 1887. However, this traffic was not very substantial and along with two other Kyle line stations – 318:
Occasionally trains continued to call, wholly unofficially, at both Glencarron and Duncraig. In 1974 Duncraig was restored to the public timetable. Glencarron was not accorded this honour and remained an unofficial stopping place, on prior request to the traincrew, into the 1990s. As an unofficial
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It was built in 1873 for the benefit of a local landowner to serve his hunting lodge, in exchange for which the landowner authorised the railway to cross his land and bought a sizeable shareholding in the cash-strapped concern. Delightfully located in the isolated
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stopping place it received no maintenance and steadily decayed.
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Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man
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Disused railway stations in Highland (council area)
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Highland
57°30′21″N 5°14′06″W / 57.5059°N 5.2349°W / 57.5059; -5.2349
Grid reference
NH063508
Dingwall and Skye Railway
Highland Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Dingwall and Skye Railway
Achnashellach
Achnasheen
miles
chains
Dingwall
Glen Carron
Achterneed
Duncraig
Beeching Report
Historical railways
Achnasheen
Highland Railway
Dingwall and Skye Railway
Achnashellach
Brailsford 2017
ISBN

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