Loch Tay Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Loch Tay Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Killin, Loch Tay Station; Killin Pier Station
Canmore ID 24211
Site Number NN53SE 32
NGR NN 583 344
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24211
- Council Stirling
- Parish Killin
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN53SE 32 583 344
Not to be confused with Killin Junction (NN 5307 2874) and Killin (NN 5749 3328) stations, for which see NN52NW 20 and NN53SE 40, respectively.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Loch Tay Station (C.R).
Station opened 13.3.1886, (Killin Railway). Closed to passengers 9.9.1939, and to goods 28.9.1965.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This terminal station on the Killin branch of the former Caledonian Rly was opened as Loch Tay (Killin Pier) Station by the Killin Rly on 1 April 1886. It was renamed Loch Tay Station on 1 October 1895 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 9 September 1939. It was built for the convenience of loch steamer tourists rather than to serve the village itself.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 December 1998.
R V J Butt 1995.
