Lintmill Halt was a
railway station about from
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 ...
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Argyll and Bute, serving the rural locale and the nearby lint mill. 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, but a passing loop was present with signals and a small signal box structure.
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. The next stop on the railway was
Drumlemble Halt. Edmonson style tickets were issued for journeys to and from this halt.
Lintmill Ticket at auction
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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* Wham, Alasdair (2009). ''Trossachs and West Highlands. Exploring the Lost Railways''. Wigton : G. C. Books Ltd. .
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.
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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