Mid Fearn Halt railway station
Closed railway station in Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mid Fearn Halt was a small railway station in Mid Fearn in Ross-shire in Scotland. The station was provided to serve Fearn Lodge.
Mid Fearn Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | Highland Scotland |
Coordinates | 57.85824°N 4.30968°W |
Grid reference | NH 63058775 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
Post-grouping | LMSR |
Key dates | |
1 October 1864 | Opened |
1 April 1865 | Closed |
The station opened on 1 October 1864 when the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway opened its line from Invergordon to Ardgay (then known as Bonar Bridge).[a][1][2]
The station was short lived, closing on 1 April 1865.[2]
Despite its formal closure and withdrawal from the public timetables the halt was still used as a conditional stopping-place for the lodge and the wives and families of local railwaymen.[2][3]
The station was described as Mid Fearn Halt in the Railway Clearing House handbook of 1938[4] but had also been known as Mid Fearn Station[3] and West Fearn Platform .[5]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Edderton Line open, station closed |
Highland Railway Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway |
Ardgay Line and station open |
Notes
- The line was originally proposed by the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway but in 1862 the company was absorbed by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway who then gained authority in 1863 to build this section of line.[1]
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