View from E showing ENE and SSE fronts of main offices on down-platform

Description View from E showing ENE and SSE fronts of main offices on down-platform

Date 26/3/1971

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 779004

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Nairn Station, Cawdor Road, Nairn, Highland This shows the main building, on the east-bound platform from the east, seen from a diesel multiple-unit train from Elgin to Inverness. This is the larger of two stations built in this mildly baronial style, the other being at Pitlochry. The footbridge is of a standard Highland Railway type. From the 1880s to World War I golfing was an important source of first class passengers for all the Scottish railway companies, and they all invested in new stations, hotels, and even in new railways to stimulate this traffic. After World War I the motor car quickly ate into this source of revenue. The first station on this site was opened in 1855 by the Inverness & Nairn Railway. It was rebuilt in 1885 on a larger scale by The Highland Railway at a time when the town was developing as a golfing resort. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/71/19/8

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/779004

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap