Barcaldine railway station

Barcaldine was a railway station located in Barcaldine, Argyll and Bute, near the southern shore of Loch Creran.

Barcaldine
Location	Barcaldine, Argyll and Bute Scotland
Coordinates	56.529°N 5.313°W
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway Ballachulish Branch
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
July 1914	Opened
25 May 1953	Closed
24 August 1953	Re-opened
28 March 1966	Closed[1]

History

The station opened to passengers in 1914. It comprised a single platform on the east side of the line. A siding was installed at the same time, to the south of the platform. In 1933 a Howe truss was built along the northern outskirts of Oban near the station to allow train access over lake areas between Loch Creran and Bercaldine.[2] In 1970 the Howe truss was converted to pedestrian use.[2]

The station closed in 1966,[1] when the Ballachulish Branch of the Callander and Oban Railway was closed.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Benderloch Line and station closed		Callander and Oban Railway Ballachulish Branch Caledonian Railway		Creagan Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995)
2. Chris, Hogg. Scottish railway icons : Central Belt to the Borders. Patrick, Lynn. Stroud. ISBN 9781445621098. OCLC 942848608.

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.
• Fryer, Charles (1989). The Callander and Oban Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1377-X. OCLC 21870958.

• 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.