Kingshouse railway station

Kingshouse
General information
Location	Balquhidder, Stirling (district) Scotland
Coordinates	56.35500°N 4.32277°W / 56.35500; -4.32277
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Key dates
21 June 1871[1]	Opened as Kingshouse
1 July 1931[1]	Renamed Kingshouse Platform
28 September 1965	Effective closure date
1 November 1965	Official closure date

Kingshouse was a railway station located at the hamlet of Kingshouse, Stirling where the road from Balquhidder joins the A84. The only building of note locally to the station was the Kingshouse Hotel. In 2013 it was refurbished and opened under new management as the Mhor 84 Hotel.[2]

History

This station opened on 21 June 1871 with a single platform on the east side of the line. It was closed on 28 September 1965 following a landslide in Glen Ogle.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Strathyre		Callander and Oban Railway		Balquhidder

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 134.
2. "That's Mhor like it". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

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.
• 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.