Place Near Culloden Pre-grouping Highland Railway Platforms in use 2 | Area Highland Post-grouping LMSR | |
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5 November 1855 Station opened as Culloden 1 November 1898 Station renamed Allanfearn Original company Inverness and Nairn Railway | ||
Allanfearn was a railway station located near Culloden, outside Inverness, Highland. 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.
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History
Opened by the Inverness and Nairn Railway in 1855, then 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. It was subsequently closed by the British Railways Board in May 1965, along with the other surviving intermediate stations between Inverness & Nairn as a result of the Beeching Axe.
The site today
The closed station buildings survive (next to an automatic half-barrier level crossing) and are now occupied. They are passed by trains on the single track Aberdeen to Inverness Line. Remains of a platform can also be seen.