Fort Augustus Station
Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Fort Augustus Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 99510
Site Number NH30NE 42
NGR NH 3793 0914
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99510
- Council Highland
- Parish Boleskine And Abertarff
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH30NE 42 3793 0914
Not to be confused with Fort Augustus Pier Station, for which see NH30NE 49.
Grid Ref: NH 3793 0948
Source: O/S 1:10,000 Map, 1966.
Station opened 27.7.1903; regular passenger service ended 1.12.1933.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This station was the terminus of the short-lived Spean Bridge - Fort Augustus branch of the (former) North British Rly. It was opened by the Inverness and Fort Augustus Rly on 22 July 1903, closed on 1 November 1911, and was reopened on 1 August 1913. It was finally closed to regular passenger traffic (by the London and North Eastern Rly) on 1 December 1933. Between 22 July 1903 and 1 October 1906, trains ran on to Fort Augustus Pier Station (NH30NE 49).
R V J Butt 1995.
