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This was a two platform station located at Portnacroish with a passing loop and goods yard to the west. There was a two storey station building on the southbound platform, of a style which survives largely unaltered at Duror, and a large signal box which was typical of the line. The southbound line was the faster line, the northbound curving off at each end to form the loop. At the south end, on the east side of the line, was a camping coach siding.

After closure in 1966 the site was used as a council depot. None of the station buildings have survived (still standing in 1976). The platforms remain intact and the railway is now a long distance footpath.

Nearby is a long row of former railway cottages, now in private ownership.

To the west is Castle Stalker and to the north west Castle Shuna.

The name Appin refers to a large area, the station is at Portnacroish. Appin House is around a mile to the north.

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Old Appin

The former trackbed is now a long distance footpath.

At nearby Port Appin is Port Appin Pier for the island of Lismore (Lismore Point Pier).

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