Ach-na-Cloich railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Ach-na-Cloich
other_name =


caption =
original = Callander and Oban Railway
pregroup = Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
postgroup = LMS
platforms = 1
locale = Achnacloich
borough = Argyll and Bute
years = 1881
events = Station opensButt (1995), page 13]
years2 = 1 Jan 1917
events2 = Station closes
years3 = 1 June 1919
events3 = Station reopens
years4 = 1 November 1965
events4 = Station closes

Ach-na-Cloich is a closed railway station located on the south shore of Loch Etive, in Argyll and Bute. Its site is located on the Oban route of the scenic West Highland Line, that was part of the Callander and Oban Railway.

The local village is called Achnacloich, although the Callander and Oban Railway named the station "Ach-na-Cloich". [Fryer (1989): page 54 clearly shows the station name sign "ACH-NA-CLOICH"]

History

Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

rail line
next = Connel Ferry
"Line and Station open"
previous = Taynuilt
"Line and Station open"
route = Callander and Oban Railway

Operated by Caledonian Railway
col = Caledonian colour
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The site today

Trains on the Oban section of the West Highland Line pass the site of the closed station. The single platform remains in situ but the wooden station building, which survived long after closure, has now gone.

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* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Callander_and_Oban_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Callander and Oban Railway]