Barcaldine Halt

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Barcaldine Siding (1914-1952)
Barcaldine Halt (1952-1966)

Opened on the Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway).

Description

This was a short single platform in timber. There was also a goods siding here, approached from the south and on the east (landward) side of the line.

The halt was located north of today's Barcaldine Primary School. The site of the former line here is in an industrial development, an alginate works.

Tags

Station halt platform siding

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map


Nearby stations
Creagan
Appin
Benderloch
Ach-na-Cloich
North Connel
Connel Ferry
Taynuilt
Duror
Oban
Oban Ticket Platform
Kentallen
Ballachulish Ferry
Falls of Cruachan
Ballachulish (Glencoe)
Loch Awe
Creagan Viaduct
Tourist/other
Barcaldine House
Barcaldine Castle
Castle Stalker
Port Appin Pier
Ardchattan Priory
Castle Shuna
Tralee Beach
Loch Etive
Appin House
Lismore Point Pier
Achnacloich House
Achnacloich Pier
Achaleven Level Crossing
Oban Airport
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

  /  /1914Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway)
Barcaldine Siding (a halt) opened.
26/03/1966Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway)
Line closed completely between Connel Ferry and Ballachulish (Glencoe). North Connel, Benderloch, Barcaldine Halt, Creagan, Appin, Duror, Kentallen, Ballachulish Ferry, Ballachulish (Glencoe) closed.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Birth and Death of a Highland Railway: Ballachulish Line

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Callander and Oban Railway v. 4

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

The Birth and Death of a Highland Railway: Ballachulish Line

Trossachs and West Highlands: Exploring the Lost Railways (Local History Series)