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Carron Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Carron Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 16396
Site Number NJ24SW 9
NGR NJ 2212 4131
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16396
- Council Moray
- Parish Knockando
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
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.
