Glencarron Platform was an intermediate halt on the

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. It was from , and had a single platform. It was built in 1873 for the benefit of a local landowner to serve his hunting lodge, in exchange for which the landowner authorised the railway to cross his land and bought a sizeable shareholding in the cash-strapped concern. Delightfully located in the isolated

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, the platform eventually began to be used by regular members of the travelling public alighting to explore the landscape or rejoining the train after walks. It was officially made a public station in 1887.Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations by G.Croughton page 79 However, this traffic was not very substantial and along with two other Kyle line stations – Achterneed and Duncraig – it was closed in 1964 as part of the

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. Occasionally trains continued to call, wholly unofficially, at both Glencarron and Duncraig. In 1974 Duncraig was restored to the public timetable. Glencarron was not accorded this honour and remained an unofficial stopping place, on prior request to the traincrew, into the 1990s. As an unofficial stopping place it received no maintenance and steadily decayed.

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* * * {{refend Disused railway stations in Highland (council area) Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1873 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Beeching closures in Scotland Former Highland Railway stations