Struan railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Struan, Perthshire}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Struan

| status = Disused

| image =

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|56.76726|-3.96535|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NN799656|25|NN799656}}

| platforms = 2

| original = Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

| pregroup = Highland Railway

| postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway

| years = {{Start date|1863|09|09|df=yes}}

| events = Opened

| years1 = {{End date|1965|05|03|df=y}}

| events1 = 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.{{cite news |author= |title=Serious Accident on the Highland Railway |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000162/18770907/071/0006 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Scotland |date=7 September 1877 |access-date=19 August 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}

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.{{cite news |author= |title=Struan Railway Station Burned |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18971022/064/0005 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Scotland |date=22 October 1897 |access-date=19 August 2020 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}

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.{{Cite book |last=Byrom |first=Bernard |title=Old Blair Atholl, Killiecrankie and Struan |publisher=Stenlake Publishing Ltd |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-84033-929-1 |location=Catrine |pages=45}}

The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 3 May 1965.{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/169525/struan-station|title=Struan Station|work=Canmore|access-date=2 October 2017}}

References

External links

{{rail line |next={{rws|Dalnaspidal}}
Line open, station closed |previous={{rws|Black Island Platform}}
Line open, station closed |route=Highland Railway
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway |col={{HR colour}} }}

Category:Disused railway stations in Perth and Kinross

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965

Category:1863 establishments in Scotland

Category:1965 disestablishments in Scotland

Category:Beeching closures in Scotland

Category:Former Highland Railway stations