Ach-na-Cloich railway station

Ach-na-Cloich is a closed railway station located on the south shore of Loch Etive, in Argyll and Bute. Its site is located on the Oban route of the scenic West Highland Line, that was part of the Callander and Oban Railway.

Ach-na-Cloich
Location of the former station (1994)
Location
PlaceAchnacloich
AreaArgyll and Bute
Coordinates56.4534°N 5.3102°W / 56.4534; -5.3102
Grid referenceNM961339
Operations
Original companyCallander and Oban Railway
Pre-groupingCallander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Platforms1
History
1881Station opened[1]
1 January 1917Station closed[1]
1 June 1919Station reopened[1]
1 November 1965Station closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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The local village is called Achnacloich, although the Callander and Oban Railway named the station "Ach-na-Cloich".[2]

History

Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Taynuilt
Line and Station open		   Callander and Oban Railway
Operated by Caledonian Railway
   Connel Ferry
Line and Station open

The site today

Trains on the Oban section of the West Highland Line pass the site of the closed station. The single platform remains in situ but the wooden station building, which survived long after closure, has now gone.

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References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), page 13
  2. Fryer (1989): page 54 clearly shows the station name sign "ACH-NA-CLOICH"

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • 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.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
  • RAILSCOT on Callander and Oban Railway


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