Allanfearn railway station

Allanfearn was a railway station located near Culloden, outside Inverness, Highland, Scotland. It was initially named Culloden when opened, but was renamed to Allanfearn in November 1898, to avoid confusion with the station at Culloden Moor on the newly opened direct line from Inverness to Aviemore.

Allanfearn
Site of Allanfearn station, 2015
LocationNear Culloden, Highland
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyInverness and Nairn Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
7 November 1855Station opened as Culloden
1 November 1898Station renamed Allanfearn
3 May 1965Station Closed

History

The station was opened on 7 November 1855 by the Inverness and Nairn Railway, it was renamed on 1 November 1898 when the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway opened.[1] The line was absorbed by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway which in turn was absorbed by the Highland Railway, it became part of 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 host to a LMS caravan from 1936 to 1939.[2] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1957 to 1963.[3]

The station was closed by the British Railways Board in May 1965,[4] along with the other surviving intermediate stations between Inverness & Nairn as a result of the Beeching Axe.

Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Castle Stuart Platform
Station closed; Line open		   Highland Railway
Inverness and Nairn Railway
   Inverness
Station and Line open

The site today

The closed station buildings survive (next to an automatic half-barrier level crossing) and are now occupied.[5] They are passed by trains on the single track Aberdeen to Inverness Line. Remains of a platform can also be seen.

Notes
  1. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
  2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  3. 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. p. 13. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  4. "Disused Stations - Allanfearn". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. Thompson, Nigel. "Allanfearn railway station (site), Highland - 2015". Geograph. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

Further reading
  • 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 (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.


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