Dalwhinnie: On the way from Edinburgh to Inverness,Black 5 No.44871 passes through the bleak landscape north of Dalwhinnie with The Great Britain IX.
John Gray 30/04/2016
Dalwhinnie
Location type
StationName and dates
Dalwhinnie (1863-)Station code: DLW National Rail ScotRail
Where: Highland, Scotland
Opened on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
Opened on the Dalwhinnie Distillery Branch.
Open on the Highland Main Line.
Description
This two platform station still has a station building, signal box and footbridge. It is located at the north end of the double track section from Blair Atholl. The main building is on the southbound platform. The station is at 1174 ft above sea level.
The station had, from 1885, two signal boxes. Both boxes were on the west side of the line at either end of the station. They were replaced in 1909, with a new box occupying the site of the north box, when the line from Balsporan Box to south was doubled.
The line south reverted to a single track in 1966 and was redoubled in 1978.
Today the line south remains double track and the route north is single.
North of the station is the signal box, and base of a water tank, on the west side. Both platforms had a water column. Opposite the tank and box was the goods yard, now a permanent way siding, on the east side of the line.
Dalwhinnie Turntable was on the west side, just north of the water tank. The turntable was approached from the north. The turntable was gone by the 1920s.
Dalwhinnie Distillery, north of the station on the east side, was served by a siding.
The name arose from the meeting of drove roads at this location, Dail-coinneeamh in Gaelic. The famous Thieves' Road runs south from here by Loch Ericht to Corrour. The other routes are roads today.
The line is supported and promoted by the Highland Main Line Community Partnership .
Local
Dalwhinnie Distillery is north of the station.
Dalwhinnie Distillery
Opposite the station is 2 Station Cottage .
Tags
Station06/04/2022
Facilities
Gaelic name: Dail-coinneeamh
| Nearby stations Dalnaspidal Newtonmore Kingussie Struan Tulloch Fersit Halt Kincraig Black Island Platform Blair Atholl Corrour Rannoch Aberchalder Fort Augustus Pier Fort Augustus Killiecrankie | Dalwhinnie Turntable Balsporran Box Inchlea Crossing Druimuachdar Summit Tourist/other Ben Alder Level Crossing Dalwhinnie Distillery Carn na Caim Loch Ericht Crubenmore Lodge Geal-Charn [Erecht] A^Bhuidheanach Bheag Ben Alder Lodge An Torc Meall Chuaich A^Mharconaich |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 09/09/1863 | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Line opened from Pitlochry to Aviemore, thus throughout from Inverness to Perth. Additional stations opened at Blair Athole (original spelling), Struan, Dalwhinnie, Newtonmore, Kingussie and Boat of Insh. |
| / /1960 | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway The double track between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie was singled with passing places at Dalnacardoch and Dalnaspidal. |
| / /1970 | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Line between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie re-doubled. This was done in connection with the oil industry and anticipated extra traffic. The traffic did not increase as much as expected but the double track has been retained. |
| 04/03/1998 | Sutherland Railway Station building at Golspie sold at auction in Glasgow (as was a former railway cottage at Dalwhinnie). |
| /11/2001 | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Dalwhinnie signal box repainted. |
