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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/103360
- Council Stirling
- Parish Balquhidder
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
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.
