Creagan railway station

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Creagan
Creagan Railway Station.jpg
LocationLoch Creran, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates56°33′07″N 5°18′19″W / 56.5520°N 5.3053°W / 56.5520; -5.3053Coordinates: 56°33′07″N 5°18′19″W / 56.5520°N 5.3053°W / 56.5520; -5.3053
Line(s)Ballachulish branch line
Platforms2 (latterly 1)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCallander and Oban Railway
Pre-groupingCallander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
24 August 1903Opened
25 May 1953Closed
24 August 1953Re-opened
28 March 1966Closed

Creagan was a railway station located on the north shore of Loch Creran 1⁄4 mile (400 m) north of the Creagan Inn in Argyll and Bute. It was on the Ballachulish branch line that linked Connel Ferry, on the main line of the Callander and Oban Railway, with Ballachulish.

History[]

The station was opened on 24 August 1903 when the Callander and Oban Railway opened its branch to Ballachulish.[1][2]

Creagan was the only station on the Ballachulish branch that had an island platform. There was a siding to the east of the platform, on the north side of the railway.[3]

One platform was taken out of use on 1 April 1927.

The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1935 and 1936 followed by two caravans from 1937 to 1939.[4] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1961 to 1964.[5]

This station closed on 28 March 1966, when the Ballachulish Branch of the Callander and Oban Railway was closed.[1][6]

Signalling[]

Throughout its existence, the Ballachulish Branch was worked by the electric token system. Creagan signal box, which had 21 levers, was situated on the island platform.

The signal box and crossing loop were taken out of use on 1 April 1927.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Barcaldine
Line and station closed 		  Callander and Oban Railway
Ballachulish Branch
Caledonian Railway
   Appin
Line and station closed

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 71
  2. ^ Grant (2017), page 90
  3. ^ "Creagan station on 1:25,000 map GSGS 3906 23/76 S.E." National Library of Scotland. 1941. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ McRae (1997), page 22
  5. ^ McRae (1998), page 13
  6. ^ Hurst (1992), page 43 (ref 1943)

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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.

Further reading[]

  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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