Lentran railway station

Lentran
Lentran
	Station site in 2012
Location
Place	Lentran
Area	Highland
Coordinates	57°28′49″N4°21′45″W / 57.4803°N 4.3626°W Coordinates: 57°28′49″N4°21′45″W / 57.4803°N 4.3626°W
Grid reference	NH584458
Operations
Original company	Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
11 June 1862	Station opens
13 June 1960	closed
27 March 1982	reopened temporary
29 March 1982	Station closes [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

Last updated September 02, 2020

Lentran railway station was a railway station serving Lentran on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, on the Inverness to Muir of Ord section opened in 1862.

The line became part of the Highland Railway on 1 February 1865, then, at grouping in 1923, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

Initially it had two platforms on an extended loop and there was a small single siding with a loading bay. From 1, June 1914 the section between Clachnaharry and Clunes, which included Lentran, was doubled and was the only such track north of Inverness.

There was a small timber-clad station building with a shelter and a small fifteen lever signal cabin ^[2]

The station closed in 1960 though the line is still in use as a single track controlled by Radio Electronic Token Block as part of the Far North Line. However, for one weekend in March 1982, Lentran had to reopen and serve as the line terminus while repair work was carried out on the canal bridge at Clachnaharry.

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

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References

↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
↑ Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing

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[1] Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens

[2] Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing