Invergloy Platform was a railway station in Inverness-shire, Scotland on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway between 1904 and 1933.
Invergloy Platform | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Inverness-shire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°57′18″N 4°54′43″W / 56.9549°N 4.9119°W |
| Grid reference | NN229885 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1904 | Station opened |
| 1 November 1911 | Station closed |
| 1 August 1913 | Station re-opened |
| 1 December 1933 | Station closed to passengers |
| 31 December 1946 | Station closed for freight |
Overview
editThe station was opened on 1 July 1904[1] on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway which had opened 12 months previously. It was a single platform with a waiting shelter and was sometimes known as Invergloy Station. The station was operated by the Highland Railway from 1904 to 1907, and then by the North British Railway until 1922.[2] From 1923 it was operated by the London and North Eastern Railway.
It was expanded with two sidings put in for timber traffic during the First World War.[3]
It closed on 1 December 1933.[4]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gairlochy | Highland Railway Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway |
Invergarry |
References
edit- ^ Thomas, John (1984). The West Highland Railway (3rd ed.). David St John Thomas. p. 175. ISBN 0946537143.
- ^ "Fort Augustus Railway. Departing Officials". Inverness Courier. Scotland. 7 May 1907. Retrieved 29 July 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ V Boyd Carpenter, Fort Augustus Branch, L.N.E.R., in Railway Magazine, February 1940
- ^ "Railway service closing next week". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Scotland. 24 November 1933. Retrieved 30 July 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
edit- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
- A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0