Benderloch railway station

Benderloch
Benderloch railway station in 1905
General information
Location	Benderloch, Argyll and Bute Scotland
Coordinates	56.4891°N 5.4055°W / 56.4891; -5.4055
Line(s)	Ballachulish branch line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Key dates
24 August 1903	Opened
25 May 1953	Closed
24 August 1953	Reopened
28 March 1966	Closed

Benderloch was a railway station located in Benderloch, Argyll and Bute, on the north east shore of Ardmucknish Bay. It was on the Ballachulish branch line that linked Connel Ferry, on the main line of the Callander and Oban Railway, with Ballachulish.

History

This station opened on 24 August 1903.[1] It was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There were sidings on both sides of the line.^[citation needed]

Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it joined the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923 and became part of the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was temporarily closed from 25 May to 24 August 1953 when flooding washed away a bridge.[2] It was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1966, when the Ballachulish Branch of the Callander and Oban Railway was closed.[1][3]

The station was host to a LMS caravan in 1935 and 1936 followed by two caravans from 1937 to 1939.[4] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1956 to 1959 followed by two coaches from 1960 to 1965.[5]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
North Connel Line and station closed		Callander and Oban Railway Ballachulish Branch Caledonian Railway		Barcaldine Line and station closed

Signalling

Throughout its existence, the Ballachulish Branch was worked by the electric token system. Benderloch signal box was located on the Up platform, on the east side of the railway. It had 24 levers.^[citation needed]

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 32
2. "Railway Reopens". Dundee Courier. 19 August 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 26 June 2020. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
3. Hurst (1992), page 43 (ref 1943)
4. McRae (1997), page 22
5. McRae (1998), page 13

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.

Further reading

• Fryer, Charles (1989). The Callander and Oban Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1377-X. OCLC 21870958.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.