Appin railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Appin
other_name =

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caption = Remains of Appin Station
original = Callander and Oban Railway
Ballachulish Branch
pregroup = Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
locale = Portnacroish
borough = Argyll and Bute
years = 20 August 1903
events = Opened
years1 = 23 March 1966
events1 = Closed
platforms = 2

Appin was a railway station in Scotland, close to the Sound of Shuna on the east shore of Loch Linnhe near Portnacroish in Argyll and Bute.

History

This station opened on 20 August 1903. It was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There were sidings on both sides of the line.

Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

It was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1966, when the Ballachulish Branch of the Callander and Oban Railway was closed.

The station had been the location of a Camping coach.

Signalling

Throughout its existence, the Ballachulish Branch was worked by the electric token system. Appin signal box was located on the Down platform, on the west side of the railway. It had 24 levers.

Sources

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rail line
previous = Creagan
"Line and station closed"
next = Duror
"Line and station closed"
route = Callander and Oban Railway
Ballachulish Branch

Caledonian Railway
col = Caledonian colour
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