Mid Fearn Halt railway station
Mid Fearn Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Highland Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°51′30″N 4°18′35″W / 57.85824°N 4.30968°W |
| Grid reference | NH 63058775 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1864 | Opened |
| 1 April 1865 | Closed |
Mid Fearn Halt was a small railway station in Mid Fearn in Ross-shire in Scotland. The station was provided to serve Fearn Lodge.
The station opened on 1 October 1864 when the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway opened its line from Invergordon to Ardgay (then known as Bonar Bridge).[a][1][2]
The station was short lived, closing on 1 April 1865.[2]
Despite its formal closure and withdrawal from the public timetables the halt was still used as a conditional stopping-place for the lodge and the wives and families of local railwaymen.[2][3]
The station was described as Mid Fearn Halt in the Railway Clearing House handbook of 1938[4] but had also been known as Mid Fearn Station[3] and West Fearn Platform .[5]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edderton Line open, station closed |
Highland Railway Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway |
Ardgay Line and station open | ||
Notes
[edit]- ^ The line was originally proposed by the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway but in 1862 the company was absorbed by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway who then gained authority in 1863 to build this section of line.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Grant 2017, pp. 278–280.
- ^ a b c Quick 2023, p. 314.
- ^ a b Vallance & Clinker 1971, p. 28.
- ^ The Railway Clearing House 1938, p. 402.
- ^ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 140.
Bibliography
[edit]- Croughton, Godfrey; Kidner, R. W.; Young, Alan (1982). Private and untimetabled railway stations : halts and stopping places. Salisbury, Wilts.: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0853612811. OCLC 1311037585.
- Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- Quick, Michael (2023) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.05. Railway & Canal Historical Society.
- The Railway Clearing House (1938). Official Hand-book of Railway Stations 1938. London: The Railway Clearing House.
- Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R. (1971) [1938]. The Highland Railway. London: Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-02720-4.
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