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Strathyre railway station

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Place
  
Strathyre

1 June 1870
  
Opened

5 November 1965
  
Official closure date

Area
  
Stirling (district)

27 September 1965
  
Effective closure date

Platforms in use
  
2

Pre-grouping
  
Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway

Original company
  
Callander and Oban Railway

Strathyre was a railway station located at the head of Loch Lubnaig, Stirling, in Strathyre.

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History

This station opened on 1 June 1870 along with the first section of the Callander and Oban Railway, between Callander and Glenoglehead (originally named 'Killin').

The station was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There were sidings on the east side of the station.

Final closure came on 27 September 1965 following a landslide in Glen Ogle.

Signalling

Strathyre signal box, which replaced the original box on 13 May 1890, was located on the Up platform, on the east side of the railway. It had 12 levers.

References

Strathyre railway station Wikipedia