Fort Augustus Pier railway station

Fort Augustus Pier was a railway station in Inverness-shire, Scotland, and served as the north terminus of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway between 1903 and 1906.

Fort Augustus Pier
Location
Place	Scotland
Area	Inverness-shire
Operations
Original company	Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Platforms	1
History
22 July 1903	Station opened[1]
1 October 1906	Station closed[1]
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

Overview

The station was opened in 1903 as the north terminus of the line, situated outside of Fort Augustus, located on the banks of Loch Ness. The station cost a total of £348 (equivalent to £37,644 in 2019)[2] to build.[3]

A run round loop was included at this station to allow locomotives to run around to make a return journey. The station building featured a general waiting room, but no public conveniences.[4]

The station was closed on 30 September 1906 due to poor traffic, and the station was dismantled when the track was lifted. Nothing of the station survives today.

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 99.
2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
3. Minutes of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Board, 21 February 1901
4. Engineer's Report on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway, Railway Department Board of Trade Reports Documented, 21 August 1901

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0

External links

• Sub Brit Page

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Fort Augustus		Highland Railway Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway		Terminus