Fort Augustus Pier railway station

Fort Augustus Pier
Location
Place Scotland
Area Inverness-shire
Operations
Original company Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Platforms 1
History
22 July 1903 Station opened[1]
1 October 1906 Station closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Fort Augustus Pier was a railway station in Inverness-shire, Scotland, and served as the north terminus of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway between 1903 and 1906.

Overview

The station was opened in 1903 as the north terminus of the line, situated outside of Fort Augustus, located on the banks of Loch Ness. The station cost a total of £348 (equivalent to £33,701 in 2015)[2] to build.[3]

A run round loop was included at this station to allow locomotives to run around to make a return journey. The station building featured a general waiting room, but no public conveniences.[4]

The station was closed on 30 September 1906 due to poor traffic, and the station was dismantled when the track was lifted. Nothing of the station survives today.

References

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 99.
  2. ↑ UK Consumer Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth.com.
  3. ↑ Minutes of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Board, 21 February 1901
  4. ↑ Engineer's Report on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway, Railway Department Board of Trade Reports Documented, 21 August 1901
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Fort Augustus   Highland Railway
Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway		   Terminus
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