Old Travel Blog Photograph Steam Train Approaching Railway Station Kyle of Lochalsh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a steam train approaching the railway station at Kyle of Lochalsh, across from Isle of Skye, Scotland. The station was opened on 2 November 1897 by the Highland Railway, following the completion of the extension of the Dingwall and Skye Railway from Stromeferry. The extension took more than four years to complete due to the unforgiving nature of the terrain through which it was driven, 29 bridges had to be constructed and more than 30 cuttings excavated through solid rock, which led to it costing £20,000 per mile, making it the most expensive rail route to be built in the UK at the time. As built, the station consisted of a broad island platform on a pier next to the water's edge and a chalet-style station building close to the western end. Access to the station was, and still is, via a sloping access road.



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