Falls Of Cruachan Railway Station

Falls of Cruachan railway station is a railway station located at the foot of Ben Cruachan in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. ServicesServices are operated by Abellio ScotRail. The station is used mainly by hikers in the warmer months, who walk past the falls to climb Ben Cruachan. It is open only during the spring and summer months (March to October); this period formerly coincided with the summer timetable, before the timetable change date moved from September to December. HistoryThe station opened on 1 October 1893 with a single platform on the south side of the line. It was closed on 1 November 1965. ReopeningThe station was reopened on 20 June 1988 by BR's West Highland Area Business Group, at a cost of just £10, 000 – achieved by collecting "dumped" concrete sleepers from the lineside all over the Highlands and having them stacked at the site of the old station here. They were topped by slabs, and BR's Business Manager Highland, Callum MacLeod persuaded the then Strathclyde Regional Council to rebuild the footpath down to the A85 and to install a pavement from there to the Cruachan Power Station Visitors Centre about 300 yards away. There is no station lighting, so trains call during daylight hours only. Col. Dalziel, retiring as Chairman of the Scottish TUCC, performed the opening ceremony. Some years later, a shelter and better signing were added to the halt.

Falls of Cruachan railway station is a railway station located at the foot of Ben Cruachan in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. ServicesServices are operated by Abellio ScotRail. The station is used mainly by hikers in the warmer months, who walk past the falls to climb Ben Cruachan. It is open only during the spring and summer months (March to October); this period formerly coincided with the summer timetable, before the timetable change date moved from September to December. HistoryThe station opened on 1 October 1893 with a single platform on the south side of the line. It was closed on 1 November 1965. ReopeningThe station was reopened on 20 June 1988 by BR's West Highland Area Business Group, at a cost of just £10, 000 – achieved by collecting "dumped" concrete sleepers from the lineside all over the Highlands and having them stacked at the site of the old station here. They were topped by slabs, and BR's Business Manager Highland, Callum MacLeod persuaded the then Strathclyde Regional Council to rebuild the footpath down to the A85 and to install a pavement from there to the Cruachan Power Station Visitors Centre about 300 yards away. There is no station lighting, so trains call during daylight hours only. Col. Dalziel, retiring as Chairman of the Scottish TUCC, performed the opening ceremony. Some years later, a shelter and better signing were added to the halt.