Balquhidder railway station
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Balquhidder Junction was a railway station around two miles south of Lochearnhead, Stirling (district). It was the where the Callander and Oban Railway was joined by the Comrie, St Fillians & Lochearnhead Railway from Crieff.
When opened as part of the Callander and Oban Railway, Balquhidder was a wayside halt, called Lochearnhead. When it became a junction on 1 May 1905, it was renamed Balquhidder Junction and boasted two signal boxes and an engine shed.
When the line to Crieff closed on 1 October 1951, the station ceased to be a junction.
This station was closed with the Callander and Oban line on 27 September 1965, six weeks before the scheduled closure on 5 November 1965 due to a landslip in Glen Ogle.
Preceding station | Disused Railways | Following station | ||
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Kingshouse | Callander and Oban Railway |
Killin Junction | ||
Comrie, St Fillians & Lochearnhead Railway |
Lochearnhead |