Place Glencoe Post-grouping LMS Platforms in use 2 | Area Highland 20 August 1903 Opened as Ballachulish | |
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Original company Callander and Oban Railway
Ballachulish Branch Pre-grouping Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway Similar Ballachulish Ferry railway st, Kentallen railway station, Creagan railway station, Appin railway station, Benderloch railway station | ||
Ballachulish was a railway station at Ballachulish on the southern shore of Loch Leven at East Laroch (south Ballachulish) in Highland.
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History
This station opened as Ballachulish on 20 August 1903 with two platforms. There was a goods yard on the north side of the station. Within two years it was renamed as Ballachulish & Glencoe and renamed again in 1908 as Ballachulish (Glencoe) for Kinlochleven. Apart for a short closure in 1953, this latter name remained until closure in 1966.
The station was opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, which was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was closed by the British Railways Board in 1966, when the Ballachulish Branch closed.
In the early 1990s the station buildings were converted into a medical centre.
Houses have been built in the station yard. The engine shed remained, being used by a local garage until 2015, when it was demolished to make way for more private housing.
Signalling
Throughout its existence, the Ballachulish Branch was worked by the electric token system. Ballachulish signal box was located west of the platforms, on the north side of the railway. It had 21 levers.