Struan railway station

Struan
General information
Location	Struan, Perthshire Scotland
Coordinates	56.76726°N 3.96535°W / 56.76726; -3.96535
Grid reference	NN799656
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
9 September 1863 (1863-09-09)	Opened
3 May 1965 (1965-05-03)	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.

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.

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.

The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 3 May 1965.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Black Island Platform Line open, station closed		Highland Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway		Dalnaspidal Line open, station closed