Invergloy Platform railway station explained

Invergloy Platform
Status:Disused
Borough:Inverness-shire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:56.9549°N -4.9119°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
Pregroup:Highland Railway
Years:1 July 1904
Events:Station opened
Years1:1 November 1911
Events1:Station closed
Years2:1 August 1913
Events2:Station re-opened
Years3:1 December 1933
Events3:Station closed to passengers
Years4:31 December 1946
Events4:Station closed for freight

Invergloy Platform was a railway station in Inverness-shire, Scotland on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway between 1904 and 1933.

Overview

The station was opened on 1 July 1904[1] on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway which had opened 12 months previously. It was a single platform with a waiting shelter and was sometimes known as Invergloy Station. The station was operated by the Highland Railway from 1904 to 1907, and then by the North British Railway until 1922.[2] From 1923 it was operated by the London and North Eastern Railway.

It was expanded with two sidings put in for timber traffic during the First World War.[3]

It closed on 1 December 1933.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Thomas, John . 3rd . 1984 . The West Highland Railway . David St John Thomas . 175 . 0946537143 .
  2. News: . Fort Augustus Railway. Departing Officials . Inverness Courier . Scotland . 7 May 1907 . 29 July 2017 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  3. V Boyd Carpenter, Fort Augustus Branch, L.N.E.R., in Railway Magazine, February 1940
  4. News: . Railway service closing next week . Aberdeen Press and Journal . Scotland . 24 November 1933 . 30 July 2017 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .