Allanfearn railway station

Allanfearn was a railway station located near Culloden, outside Inverness, Highland, Scotland. It was initially named Culloden when opened, but was renamed to Allanfearn in November 1898, to avoid confusion with the station at Culloden Moor on the newly opened direct line from Inverness to Aviemore.

Allanfearn
Site of Allanfearn station, 2015
General information
Location	Near Culloden, Highland Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Inverness and Nairn Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
7 November 1855	Station opened as Culloden
1 November 1898	Station renamed Allanfearn
3 May 1965	Station Closed

History

The station was opened on 7 November 1855 by the Inverness and Nairn Railway, it was renamed on 1 November 1898 when the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway opened.^[1] The line was absorbed by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway which in turn was absorbed by the Highland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1936 to 1939.^[2] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1957 to 1963.^[3]

The station was closed by the British Railways Board in May 1965,^[4] along with the other surviving intermediate stations between Inverness & Nairn as a result of the Beeching Axe.

Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Castle Stuart Platform Station closed; Line open		Highland Railway Inverness and Nairn Railway		Inverness Station and Line open

The site today

The closed station buildings survive (next to an automatic half-barrier level crossing) and are now occupied.^[5] They are passed by trains on the single track Aberdeen to Inverness Line. Remains of a platform can also be seen.

Notes

1. Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
3. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 13. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
4. "Disused Stations - Allanfearn". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
5. Thompson, Nigel. "Allanfearn railway station (site), Highland - 2015". Geograph. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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.

External links

• RAILSCOT on Inverness and Nairn Railway
• Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Allanfearn Station
• Station on navigable O.S. map

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