Struan railway station

Struan
General information
Location	Struan, Perthshire Scotland
Coordinates	56.76726°N 3.96535°W / 56.76726; -3.96535
Grid reference	NN799656
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
9 September 1863 (1863-09-09)	Opened
3 May 1965 (1965-05-03)	Closed

Struan railway station served the village of Struan, Perthshire, Scotland from 1863 to 1965 on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.

History

The station was opened on 9 September 1863 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.

On 4 September 1877 a goods trains from Inverness was travelling between Dalnaspidal and Struan when 17 of the wagons became detached from the train owing to a failure of a coupling. As it was dark, the driver could not see what had happened but brought the front part of the train to a halt at Struan station. The detached portion was behind him on the descent and ran into the stationary front portion. Many wagons were destroyed and 18 sheep and 6 pigs were killed. The guard, Malcolm M’Farlane was badly injured and conveyed to Dr Irvine in Pitlochry.[1]

In the early hours of Thursday 21 October 1897 a fire broke out which destroyed the station office and the station master's house. The damage to the telegraph wires caused considerable delay to the morning traffic.[2]

The station had two platforms and originally there were also two signal boxes; these were replaced by a single box when the line was doubled in 1900.[3]

The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 3 May 1965.[4]

References

1. "Serious Accident on the Highland Railway". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 7 September 1877. Retrieved 19 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Struan Railway Station Burned". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 22 October 1897. Retrieved 19 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Byrom, Bernard (2022). Old Blair Atholl, Killiecrankie and Struan. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing Ltd. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84033-929-1.
4. "Struan Station". Canmore. Retrieved 2 October 2017.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Black Island Platform Line open, station closed		Highland Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway		Dalnaspidal Line open, station closed