Struan railway station
Struan | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Struan, Perthshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°46′02″N 3°57′55″W / 56.76726°N 3.96535°W |
| Grid reference | NN799656 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 9 September 1863 | Opened |
| 3 May 1965 | Closed |
Struan railway station served the village of Struan, Perthshire, Scotland from 1863 to 1965 on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
History
[edit]The station was opened on 9 September 1863 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
On 4 September 1877 a goods trains from Inverness was travelling between Dalnaspidal and Struan when 17 of the wagons became detached from the train owing to a failure of a coupling. As it was dark, the driver could not see what had happened but brought the front part of the train to a halt at Struan station. The detached portion was behind him on the descent and ran into the stationary front portion. Many wagons were destroyed and 18 sheep and 6 pigs were killed. The guard, Malcolm M’Farlane was badly injured and conveyed to Dr Irvine in Pitlochry.[1]
In the early hours of Thursday 21 October 1897 a fire broke out which destroyed the station office and the station master's house. The damage to the telegraph wires caused considerable delay to the morning traffic.[2]
The station had two platforms and originally there were also two signal boxes; these were replaced by a single box when the line was doubled in 1900.[3]
The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 3 May 1965.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Serious Accident on the Highland Railway". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 7 September 1877. Retrieved 19 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Struan Railway Station Burned". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 22 October 1897. Retrieved 19 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Byrom, Bernard (2022). Old Blair Atholl, Killiecrankie and Struan. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing Ltd. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84033-929-1.
- ^ "Struan Station". Canmore. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
External links
[edit]| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Black Island Platform Line open, station closed |
Highland Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway |
Dalnaspidal Line open, station closed | ||
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- 1863 establishments in Scotland
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- Beeching closures in Scotland
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