Castle Grant Platform
Location type
StationName and dates
Castle Grant Platform (1863-1951)Opened on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
Description
This private station, skewed bridge over a road, gatehouse and entry arch were built at the expense of the railway company to the design of the local landowner, the Earl of Seafield. The building was the East Lodge for the estate. The engineer was Joseph Mitchell.
The platform was to the north of the road bridge, east side of the line. Within the lodge was a circular staircase, in the tower, from road level to the platform.
The bridge is 'A' listed.
Sources for the closure date vary with suggestions of 1951 and somewhere in the 1936-38 range.
Castle Grant [Castle] itself is to the east. To the north on the former railway is a fine overbridge, also listed Castle Grant Estate Bridge.
See Guthrie Gate for another example of a gatehouse and bridge.
Tags
Station footpathExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
03/12/2021
Facilities
Listing: A
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| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 22/03/2021 | Lairds of the line: When Highland landowners had private railway stations and waiting rooms [Press and Journal] |
