Allanfearn Railway Station

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. HistoryOpened 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 todayThe closed station buildings survive 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.

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. HistoryOpened 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 todayThe closed station buildings survive 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.