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Lochearnhead railway station

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37: 237:, which has nine concrete arches, each with a 40 feet (12 m) span. The projected cost of that section was £113,000. The line opened on 1 May 1904, with the new station in Lochearnhead village commencing scheduled passenger services on 1 July, when the old station was renamed 267:
The station was on closed on 1 July 1917, but reopened on 1 February 1919. The line closed to freight traffic in 1950, and was finally closed for passengers on 1 October 1951. However, the track was later reopened for use in the construction of the
632: 642: 637: 352: 355:, Hertfordshire Scouts were able to purchase the property outright in 1977. In 2005, new sleeping accommodation and a shower block were opened by the Chief Scout, Sir 73: 195: 134: 647: 309: 229:. In order to reach Lochearnhead, the next 10 miles (16 km) stretch of line had to pass through a 62 yards (57 m) tunnel and cross numerous 574: 562:
The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
340: 613: 241:. Lochearnhead and Balquhidder were finally connected in May 1905, with a service of three trains daily, each requiring four coupled 269: 339:, for the conversion of the building into a base for adventurous activities. The Scout Station was opened on 4 August 1962, by the 36: 652: 344: 348: 332: 296: 238: 318: 286: 215: 222: 359:
and in 2019, the centre won the National Railway Heritage Award for its restoration of the platform canopy.
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on an otherwise single-tracked line; the canopied platforms being accessed through a pedestrian tunnel. A
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In October 1901, the first stretch of the Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway opened between
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which was tall enough for the signalman to see over the station building, but this closed in 1921.
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about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the village, which opened as part of the
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to negotiate the steep rise to Balquhidder with gradients of up to 1:60.
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was on the west side of the station, and to the south, there was a
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Situated on the western side of the village, the station has an
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The former Lochearnhead station, now a Scout activity centre
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The first station named Lochearnhead was actually at
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Disused railway stations in Stirling (council area)
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Lochearnhead
Stirling (district)
56°23′08″N 4°17′20″W / 56.385610°N 4.289027°W / 56.385610; -4.289027
Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway
Caledonian Railway
railway station
Lochearnhead
Perthshire
Comrie, St Fillans & Lochearnhead Railway
Scout
Balquhidder
Callander and Oban Railway
Comrie
St Fillans
viaducts
Glen Ogle
Balquhidder railway station
tank engines
island platform
passing loop
goods yard
signal box
Breadalbane Hydro-Electric Scheme
Historical railways
Balquhidder
Caledonian Railway
Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Railway
St Fillans
Hertfordshire Scout County

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