Achterneed railway station

Achterneed railway station was a railway station serving Strathpeffer and located on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, in Wester Ross, Scotland.

Achterneed
The site and remains of Achterneed Station, 2010
LocationStrathpeffer, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57.6027°N 4.5271°W / 57.6027; -4.5271
Grid referenceNH490597
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDingwall and Skye Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
19 August 1870Station opened as Strathpeffer[1]
3 June 1885Name changed to Achterneed[1][2]
7 December 1965Station closed[2]

History

1899 map showing the location of the station 2 miles NNE of Strathpeffer

Opened in 1870, the station was sited two miles NNE of Strathpeffer between Dingwall and Garve. It was initially named Strathpeffer but the name was changed to avoid passenger confusion when the branch line to that town from Dingwall opened in 1885.

The station was opened by the Dingwall and Skye Railway, but operated from the outset by the Highland Railway. Taken into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was closed by the British Railways Board in 1965.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dingwall   Highland Railway
Dingwall and Skye Railway
  Garve

References

Notes

  1. Butt (1995), page 222
  2. Butt (1995), page 13

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • 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.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map


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