Spean Bridge Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Spean Bridge Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Spean Bridge, Railway Station
Canmore ID 108183
Site Number NN28SW 13
NGR NN 22105 81416
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/108183
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Spean Bridge Station, 1894, design attributed to James Miller, architect to the rival Caledonian Railway Co. Standard chalet-style format for the West Highland Railway, with swept eaves forming a canopy and a facing of wooden shingles imported from Switzerland, originally in two shades of green. (Platforms originally covered in red blaize and roofs shingled until they rotted and were replaced with slates). Extended for restaurant conversion, Maxwell and Co, 1994.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NN28SW 13.00 22105 81416
Station [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, [no date available].
NN28SW 13.01 NN c. 221 814 Station Master's House
Location formerly entered as NN 2212 8142.
Spean Bridge Station (NBR) opened 7 August 1894; became juction of Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway 27 July 1903.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NN 222 817). Spean Bridge Station, opened 1894 by the West Highland Rly. A 2-platform through station, unusual for the West Highland Rly. The main building, on the up platform, is a single-sided version of the standard wood and brick WHR station.
J R Hume 1977.
This intermediate station on the Crianlarich - Fort William ('West Highland') line of the former North British Rly was opened (by the West Highland Rly) on 7 August 1894. It remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 April 2006.
