Creagan railway station

Creagan
Location
Place	Loch Creran
Area	Argyll and Bute
Coordinates	56°33′08″N 5°18′18″W / 56.55216°N 5.30513°W / 56.55216; -5.30513Coordinates: 56°33′08″N 5°18′18″W / 56.55216°N 5.30513°W / 56.55216; -5.30513
Operations
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway Ballachulish Branch
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	2 (latterly 1)
History
24 August 1903	Opened[1]
28 March 1966	Closed[1]
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Creagan was a railway station located on the north shore of Loch Creran where it narrows near Cnoc Lodge in Argyll and Bute.

History

Creagan was the only station on the Ballachulish branch that had an island platform. There was a siding to the east of the platform, on the north side of the railway.

One platform was taken out of use on 1 April 1927.

This station closed in 1966,^[1] when the Ballachulish Branch of the Callander and Oban Railway was closed.

Signalling

Throughout its existence, the Ballachulish Branch was worked by the electric token system. Creagan signal box, which had 21 levers, was situated on the island platform.

The signal box and crossing loop were taken out of use on 1 April 1927.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Barcaldine Line and station closed		Callander and Oban Railway Ballachulish Branch Caledonian Railway		Appin Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt (1995), p.71

Sources

• 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 (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Fryer, Charles (1989). The Callander and Oban Railway. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1377-X. OCLC 21870958. 

• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.