Archaeology Notes

Event ID 666271

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/666271

NJ24SW 9 2212 4131

(Location cited as NJ 223 413). Carron Station was opened 1863 by the Strathspey Rly. and is of their standard form, being of two-platform through type. The small wooden signal box has survived.

J R Hume 1977.

This intermediate station on the Boat of Garten - Craigellachie ('Spey Valley' or 'Speyside') line of the former Great North of Scotland Rly was opened on 1 July 1863 (by the Strathspey Rly). It closed to regular passenger traffic (with the line as a whole) on 18 October 1965.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 October 2000.

G Daniels and L Dench 1980; R V J Butt 1995.