Ach-na-Cloich railway station

Ach-na-Cloich
Ach-na-Cloich
	Location of the former station (1994)
General information
Location	Achnacloich, Argyll and Bute ; Scotland
Coordinates	56°27′12″N5°18′37″W / 56.4534°N 5.3102°W
Grid reference	NM961339
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1881	Station opened
1 January 1917	Station closed
1 June 1919	Station reopened
1 November 1965	Station closed

Last updated July 24, 2023

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.

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 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 13
↑ Fryer (1989): page 54 clearly shows the station name sign "ACH-NA-CLOICH"

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
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

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[Butt-1] 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 13

[2] Fryer (1989): page 54 clearly shows the station name sign "ACH-NA-CLOICH"

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