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Blair Atholl Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Blair Atholl Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Blair Athole Station
Canmore ID 78175
Site Number NN86NE 42
NGR NN 87032 65279
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78175
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Blair Atholl
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN86NE 42.00 87032 65279
Blair Atholl Station [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.
NN86NE 42.01 NN 86875 65272 Engine shed
NN86NE 42.02 Centred NN 86937 65312 Railway Cottages
NN86NE 42.03 Centred NN 87132 65244 7-10 Railway Cottages
NN86NE 42.04 NN 87183 65243 Signal box and level crossing
NN86NE 42.05 NN 87060 65266 Footbridge
NMRS REFERENCE
Station probably opened 9/9/1863.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as N 870 653). Blair Atholl Station. Opened 1863 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Rly. A 3-platform through station, with the main offices on the up platform. These are in a 2-storey, 3-bay rubble building dating from 1869, with a single-storey wing, incorporating a dwelling-house. There is a truncated awning. On the down island platform is a small wooden shelter.
There is a wooden goods shed and a 2-road, 7-bay engine shed with a roof-ridge ventilator.
J R Hume 1977.
This intermediate station on the Perth (Stanley Junction) - Inverness main line of the former Highland Rly was opened (as Blair Athole station) by the Inverness and Perth Junction Rly on 9 September 1863. It was renamed Blair Atholl station on 7 September 1893, and remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 August 2000.
R V J Butt 1995.
