Clachnaharry railway station

Clachnaharry
The site of the station, looking west towards Bunchrew, in 2015
General information
Location	Clachnaharry, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	57°29′20″N4°15′27″W / 57.4889°N 4.2576°W / 57.4889; -4.2576
Grid reference	NH647465
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Key dates
1 April 1868 (1868-04-01)	Opened
1 April 1913 (1913-04-01)	Closed
Location

Clachnaharry railway station served the village of Clachnaharry, Highland, Scotland from 1868 to 1913 on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1868 ^[1] by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 1 April 1913. ^[2]

The nearby signal box of Clachnaharry is the last one in service on the line, for the sake of controlling the swing bridge over the Caledonian Canal. ^[3]

References

1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 120
2. H A Vallance, C R Clinker, Anthony J Lambert, The Highland Railway, David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1985, p. 97
3. Michael Williams: On the Slow Train Again, Twelve Great British Railway Journeys, Cornerstone, 2012, p. 29; John Thomas and David Turnock, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 15: North of Scotland, David & Charles (Publishers), Newton Abbot, 1989, p. 309

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Inverness Line and station open		Highland Railway Inverness and Ross-shire Railway		Bunchrew Line open, station closed