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Kingshouse Halt

Railway Station (19th Century)

Site Name Kingshouse Halt

Classification Railway Station (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Kingshouse Station; Kingshouse Platform

Canmore ID 103360

Site Number NN52SE 27

NGR NN 5625 2028

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Balquhidder
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NN52SE 27 5625 2028

The request stop of Kingshouse Halt was a single unstaffed platform made entirely of wood at the expense of the adjacent Kingshouse Hotel in 1871.

C E J Fryer 1989.

This intermediate station on the Callander-Crianlarich-Oban route (the 'Oban line') of the former Caledonian Rly was opened (as Kingshouse Station) by the Callander and Oban Rly on 21 June 1871. It was renamed Kingshouse Platform on 1 July 1931 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 28 September 1965.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 June 1998.

R V J Butt 1995.

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