Building record MHG3191 - Glenfinnan Railway Station, Ticket Office, Waiting Room and Signal Box
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 8987 8097 (18m by 13m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM88SE |
| Civil Parish | ARISAIG AND MOIDART |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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NM88SE 1 8991 8097
(Location cited as NM 899 810). Glenfinnan Station, opened 1901 by the West Highland Extension Rly. A two-platform through station. The down-platform building is a single-storey, reinforced-concrete structure with bow windows facing the platform. The roof is large enough to form an awning, to which glazed side screens have been added. There is a small wooden shelter on the up platform. Other stations on the extension, such as Banavie (NN17NW 20) and Locheilside (NM97NE 1), have similar main buildings.
J R Hume 1977.
Station cottage opened as museum, 22 May 1991.
NMRS, B/83230/NC.
(Name cited as Glenfinnan for Loch Shiel Station). This intermediate station on the Fort William (Mallaig Junction) - Mallaig line (the 'West Highland Extension') of the former North British Rly was opened on 1 April 1901. It remains in regular passenger use.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 August 1998.
A RCAHMS photographic survey of Glenfinnan Railway Station was undertaken, during May 1999, in order to enhance and augment the National Monuments Record Scotland holdings.
Opened 1.4.1901 (WHR)
A photographic survey of the buildings was undertaken in 2011. <1>
The statutory address and listing description were amended by Historic Scotland as part of the Scottish Signal Box Review (2012-13). <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG2009 Text/Publication/Volume: Butt, R V J. 1995. The directory of railway stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. 104.
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 203.
- --- SHG2874 Text/Publication/Volume: Thomas, J. 1976. The West Highland railway. 2nd ed.. 97, 104, 161.
- <1> SHG26042 Image/Photograph(s): Gay, J. 2011. Photographic survey of Glenfinnan Station: Goods shed, main building and Signal box. Colour. Digital.
- <1> SHG27322 Text/Designation Notification/List of Buildings: Brough, Y.. 2013. Glenfinnan Railway Station, Ticket Office/Waiting Room and Signal Box: notification of amendment to list description. Historic Scotland. 09/07/2013. Digital.
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Record last edited
Aug 10 2016 1:47PM
