Black Island Platform
Location type
StationName and dates
Black Island Platform (1904-1959)Opened on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
Description
The Black Island is a strip of land west of Blair Atholl station, and Blair Castle, between the railway and the River Garry.
A platform opened here for the Scottish Horse Camp.
This halt was on the double track section north of Blair Atholl. There was a logging camp here in the Second World War.
Tags
HaltExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
03/11/2019
| Nearby stations Blair Atholl Struan Killiecrankie Pitlochry Grandtully Balnaguard Halt Aberfeldy Ballinluig Guay Glenlochsie Lodge Dalnaspidal Dalguise Dalmunzie Hotel Dalwhinnie Dunkeld and Birnam | Blair Atholl Shed Blair Atholl Shed [1st] Tilt Viaduct Bruar Viaduct Garry Viaduct Clunie Dam Killiecrankie Tunnel Killiecrankie Viaduct Tourist/other Blair Castle Falls of Bruar Claverhouse Stone Queen^s View Bonskeid House The Soldier^s Leap Killiecrankie House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
