Drumlemble Halt was a Scottish
railway station situated at the road crossing near East Drumlemble Farm on a lane to Lochsanish Farm,
Argyll and Bute.
The village of
Drumlemble
Drumlemble (, ) is a small village on the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
The village of Drumlemble is approximately 4 miles to the west of the nearest town, Campbeltown, on the B843.
Drumlemble Halt was a small station on the ...
is approximately 4 miles from the nearest town, Campbeltown, on the B843. The
Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railway in
Kintyre, Scotland, between the towns of
Campbeltown
Campbeltown (; gd, Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing ...
and
Machrihanish.
History
The station had no platforms and was located at a site where the train had to slow before crossing the lane. A shelter was provided however this was often the subject of vandalism.
Upgraded from a coal carrying mineral lined and opened for passenger traffic in 1906, the railway did not have stations as such, just places where the train halted to pick up passengers. Many of the passengers were day trippers from Glasgow as a turbine steamer would bring passengers to Campbeltown early enough to catch a train to Machrihanish and allow a return journey all in one day.
Railway Details
Retrieved : 2012-09-30
Only three other passenger-carrying lines in the UK operated on the same gauge, all of them in Wales - the Corris Railway, the short-lived Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway and the Talyllyn Railway.
Notes
References
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Further reading
* Farr, A. D. (1967). ''The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway'' The Oakwood Press.
* Macmillan, Nigel S.C. (1970). ''The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway.'' Newton Abbot : David & Charles.
* Wham, Alasdair (2009). ''Trossachs and West Highlands. Exploring the Lost Railways''. Wigton : G. C. Books Ltd. .
External links
Machrihanish HistoryCampbeltown and Machrihanish Railway
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1932
Disused railway stations in Argyll and Bute
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