Appin railway station

Appin
Appin
	Remains of Appin station
Location	Portnacroish, Argyll and Bute ; Scotland
Coordinates	56°34′17″N5°22′48″W / 56.5713°N 5.3800°W Coordinates: 56°34′17″N5°22′48″W / 56.5713°N 5.3800°W
Line(s)	Ballachulish branch line
Platforms	2
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
24 August 1903	Opened
25 May 1953	Closed
24 August 1953	Re-opened
28 March 1966	Closed

Last updated December 29, 2021

Appin was a railway station in Scotland, close to the Sound of Shuna on the east shore of Loch Laiche - an arm of Loch Linnhe, Portnacroish, Appin in Argyll and Bute. It was on the Ballachulish branch line that linked Connel Ferry, on the main line of the Callander and Oban Railway, with Ballachulish.

History

This station opened on 24 August 1903.^[1] It was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There were sidings on both sides of the line.^{[ citation needed ]}

Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was temporarily closed from 25 May to 24 August 1953 when flooding washed away a bridge.^[2] It was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1966, when the Ballachulish Branch of the Callander and Oban Railway was closed.^[1]^[3]

The station had been the location of two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939.^[4] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1952 to 1965.^[5]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Creagan Line and station closed		Callander and Oban Railway Ballachulish Branch Caledonian Railway		Duror Line and station closed

Signalling

Throughout its existence, signalling on the Ballachulish Branch used the electric token system. Appin signal box was located on the Down platform, on the west side of the railway. It had 24 levers.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

Notes

1 2 Butt (1995), page 17
↑ "Railway Reopens". Dundee Courier. 19 August 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 26 June 2020. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
↑ Hurst (1992), page 43 (ref 1943)
↑ McRae (1997), page 22
↑ McRae (1998), page 13

Sources

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Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991 . Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.