Cambusavie Platform railway station

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Cambusavie
Cambusavie Platform railway station (site), Highland (geograph 4419742).jpg
LocationScotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
Key dates
2 June 1902 [1] Opened
13 June 1960Closed [2]

Cambusavie platform formerly served Cambusavie in Sutherland, Scotland.

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History

The station was opened in 1902. It was a request stop only. The station was on the Dornoch Light Railway, a branch railway which was later incorporated into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (in 1923) and the Scottish Region of British Railways in 1948.

The station closed on 13 June 1960.

Other stations on the branch line

See also

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References

  1. "Opening of the Dornoch Light Railway. Ceremony and Speeches" . Inverness Courier. Scotland. 3 June 1902. Retrieved 30 August 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens

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