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Old Photographs Railway Station Fort William Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Fort William, Scotland. The first station was opened on 7 August 1894 by the West Highland Railway which was later absorbed by the North British Railway. It was sited further west the present station on what is now the town by-pass alongside Loch Linnhe at Station Square, at the time in close proximity to then location of Macbrayne's former bus station. The old station was a stone built construction featuring a turret and a double arched entranceway and had three platforms. It closed on 9 June 1975 and was demolished immediately afterwards to permit construction of the bypass. The present Fort William station opened by British Rail on 13 June 1975. The current station lies in the shadow of Ben Nevis.

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Old Photographs Railway Station Dalnaspidal Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Dalnaspidal in the Highlands of Scotland. This intermediate station on the Perth, Perthshire to Inverness main line of the Highland Railway was opened in 1865, grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 3 May 1965. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.

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Old Photographs Railway Station Aviemore Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Aviemore, South of Inverness, Scotland. The station is located on the Highland Main Line between Perth, Perthshire, and Inverness, Highlands. The line was opened by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway in 1863, subsequently becoming part of the Highland Railway. The current station was opened in 1898, to designs by the architect William Roberts. when the direct line to Inverness via Slochd was built, making Aviemore an important junction and replacing the original 1863 building. William Roberts also provided an engine shed to the north of the station in 1896. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.

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Old Photograph Railway Station Fochabers Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Fochabers located ten miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. This station was opened on 23 October 1893 and was the terminal station of the Highland Railway. branch line from Orbliston to Fochabers. It was renamed Fochabers Town Station on 1 July 1894, and was closed to regular passenger traffic by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 14 September 1931. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.

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Old Photographs Railway Station Achnashellach Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Achnashellach in Wester Ross, Scotland. The railway station here is on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. It is located between Strathcarron and Glen Carron. The line was opened on 5 August 1870. The station was opened by the Dingwall and Isle Of Skye Railway, but operated from the outset by the Highland Railway. Taken into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.