Barcaldine railway station

Barcaldine
Location
Place	Barcaldine
Area	Argyll and Bute
Coordinates	56°31′44″N 5°18′47″W / 56.529°N 5.313°W / 56.529; -5.313Coordinates: 56°31′44″N 5°18′47″W / 56.529°N 5.313°W / 56.529; -5.313
Operations
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway Ballachulish Branch
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	1
History
17 July 1913	Opened[citation needed]
28 March 1966	Closed[1]
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Barcaldine was a railway station located in Barcaldine, Argyll and Bute, near the southern shore of Loch Creran.

History

The station opened to passengers in 1913. 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.

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

References

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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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.