Moss Road Halt railway station

Moss Road Halt was a railway station situated at the road crossing on the road tha runs across Aros Moss.[2] Argyll and Bute.

Moss Road Halt
Location
PlaceCampbeltown
AreaArgyll and Bute
Coordinates55.4243°N 5.6535°W / 55.4243; -5.6535
Grid referenceNR 68906 20570
Operations
Original companyCampbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway
PlatformsNone
History
16 August 1906[1]Station opened
November 1931[1]Station closed
January 1932[1]Station re-opened
May 1932[1]Station closed to passengers
1934Track lifted
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between the towns of Campbeltown and Machrihanish.

History

The station had no platforms and was located at a site where the train had to slow before crossing the lane.[3]

Upgraded from a coal carrying mineral lined and opened for passenger traffic in 1906, the railway did not have stations as such, just places where the train halted to pick up passengers. Many of the passengers were day trippers from Glasgow as a turbine steamer would bring passengers to Campbeltown early enough to catch a train to Machrihanish and allow a return journey all in one day.[4]

Only three other passenger-carrying lines in the UK operated on the same gauge, all of them in Wales - the Corris Railway, the short-lived Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway and the Talyllyn Railway.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Plantation Halt   Campbeltown to Machrihanish
Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway		   Lintmill Halt

Notes
  1. Butt 1995, p. 164.
  2. OS One-inch 1924 Retrieved : 2012-10-01
  3. OS Map 1938 Retrieved : 2012-10-01
  4. Railway Details Retrieved : 2012-09-30
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References
  • 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.

Further reading
  • Farr, A. D. (1967). The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-351-6
  • Macmillan, Nigel S.C. (1970). The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway. Newton Abbot : David & Charles.
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