Highlandman
Location type
StationName and dates
Highlandman (1856-1964)Opened on the Crieff Junction Railway.
Description
This was a single platform station. The platform was on the east side of the line with a station house. To the north was a level crossing and to the south a goods loop, on the east side, with sidings which were approached from the south. The signal box (1892) was on the east side of the line south of the crossing, at the north end of the platform.
The box became a gate box only in 1948 and then was replaced by a ground frame in 1951. The station and line closed in 1964, very briefly retained as a branch from Crieff Signalbox to [[Muthill] that year.
The station building is now a house and the platform remains. It is now a bed and breakfast Highlandman Station .
The name 'Highlandman' is due to the large number of Highland drovers who would stay here with their cattle for the Crieff Tryst. This cattle stance was well watered and just to the east of Crieff and its market.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Innerpeffray Pittenzie Halt Strageath Halt Crieff [2nd] Crieff [1st] Muthill Abercairny Tullibardine Madderty Gleneagles Gleneagles [1st] Auchterarder Comrie Blackford Balgowan | Earn Viaduct [Strageath] Strathearn Chemical and Manure Works Dalpatrick Ford Crieff Goods [CandMJR] Crieff Timber Yard Crieff Sheds Crieff Shed [2nd] Crieff Sheds Crieff Shed [1st] Crieff Goods Crieff Tunnel Tourist/other Pittentian Level Crossing Crieff Signal Box Crieff West Signal Box Innerpeffray Chapel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 16/03/1856 | Crieff Junction Railway Line opened from Crieff Junction to Crieff [1st]. Stations opened at Crieff Junction, Tullibardine, Muthill, Highlandman and Crieff [1st]. |
