Kingshouse railway station

Kingshouse
Location
Place	Balquhidder
Area	Stirling (district)
Coordinates	56°21′18″N 4°19′22″W / 56.35500°N 4.32277°W / 56.35500; -4.32277Coordinates: 56°21′18″N 4°19′22″W / 56.35500°N 4.32277°W / 56.35500; -4.32277
Operations
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Platforms	1
History
21 June 1871[1]	Opened as Kingshouse
1 July 1931[1]	Renamed Kingshouse Platform
27 September 1965	Effective closure date
5 November 1965	Official closure date
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Kingshouse was a railway station located at the hamlet of Kingshouse, Stirling where the road from Balquhidder joins the A84. The only building of note locally to the station is the Kingshouse Hotel.

History

This station opened on 21 June 1871 with a single platform on the east side of the line. It was closed on 27 September 1965 following a landslide in Glen Ogle.

References

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. 
• 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.