Gairlochy
Location type
StationName and dates
Gairlochy (1903-1933)Opened on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway.
Description
This was an island platform station with a building typical of the line. There was a signal box to the south of the station building and a generous goods yard, (four sidings, and loading banks for animals and goods), laid out on the east side. Access to the platform was by a ramp from a road overbridge.
The station closed to passengers in 1933 and the box became a ground frame, replaced with an actual ground frame in 1934. The line closed in 1946.
The station site has been largely cleared although the goods bank on the east side remained. It is now a caravan park. Part of the overbridge at the north end of the station remains.
Gairlochy Holiday Park
Local
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Spean Bridge Invergloy Platform Roy Bridge Banavie Pier Banavie Corpach Fort William Fort William [1st] Loch Eil Outward Bound Tulloch Fersit Halt Invergarry Locheilside Corrour Aberchalder | Gairlochy Locks Spean Viaduct [IFA] Spean Bridge Shed Auchindaul Ballast Siding Gloy Viaduct Spean Viaduct Bridge 37 Allt na h-Aire Bridge 38 Allt Criche Tourist/other Gairlochy Lighthouse High Bridge Commando Memorial Achnacarry House Invergloy House Nevis Range Mountain Resort |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 22/07/1903 | Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway
Highland Railway Line opened by Eliza Stewart Ellice of Invergarry House. The service was operated by the Highland Railway who were keen to keep the North British Railway away from Inverness. Connecting David Hutcheson and Co steamers operating along the Caledonian Canal connecting the line to Inverness via Loch Ness and the canal. Stations opened at Gairlochy, Invergarry, Aberchalder, Fort Augustus and Fort Augustus Pier. The Lovat Arms and Station Hotel was rebuilt and reopened in connection with new line. |
| 01/12/1933 | Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Fort Augustus to Spean Bridge closed to passengers. Gairlochy, Invergarry, Invergloy Platform, Aberchalder, Fort Augustus closed. Line closed to all but a weekly coal train. (Also given as 31/12/1933). |
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
