Glencruitten Crossing
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Glencruitten Crossing (1901-1966)Opened on the Callander and Oban Railway.
Description
This crossing was opened to break the single track section between Oban and Connel Ferry at Glencruitten Summit.
The loop had an unusual stone built combined signal box and railway cottage, not typical of the line but very fine. the lever frame was in the sitting room, effectively. A wonderful Tudor/Gothic style set of windows overlooked the loop.
The loop was particularly needed as the branch to Ballachulish opened in 1903, greatly increasing the number of trains on this section. Glencruitten was at the end of a 1 in 50 climb from both directions. Glencruitten Summit is at a height of 301 ft.
The loop was taken out in 1966 and box closed. However the building has survived intact and is in use as a house. Railway cottages also survive here, to the west. These predated the loop.
Tags
Crossing loop summit Station combined signal box and houseExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Oban Oban Ticket Platform Connel Ferry North Connel Benderloch Ach-na-Cloich Taynuilt Barcaldine Halt Torosay Castle Creagan Appin Craignure Falls of Cruachan Loch Awe Duror | Glencruitten Railway Cottage Oban Hills Hydropathic Sanatorium Oban High Level Oil Siding Oban Auction Mart Oban Shed Oban Oil Depot Ground Frame Oban Gas Works Tourist/other McCaig^s Tower Oban Distillery Oban War and Peace Museum Oban North Pier St Columba^s Cathedral Oban Station Pier Dunollie Castle Northern Lighthouse Board Pier |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 12/08/1903 | Callander and Oban Railway Glencruitten Crossing opened at Glencruitten Summit. Opened in anticipation of the opening of the Ballachulish Branch (Callander and Oban Railway). |
| 07/05/1966 | Callander and Oban Railway Glencruitten Crossing closed. |
