Kingshouse railway station

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Kingshouse
Location
Location	Balquhidder
Area	Stirling (district)
Coordinates	56°21′18″N 4°19′22″W / 56.35500, -4.32277Coordinates: 56°21′18″N 4°19′22″W / 56.35500, -4.32277
Operations
Original company	Callander and Oban Railway
Pre-grouping	Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway
Platforms	1
History
21 June 1871	Opened
27 September 1965	Effective closure date
5 November 1965	Official closure date
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Kingshouse was a railway station located at the hamlet of Kingshouse, Stirling where the road from Balquhidder joins the A84. The only building of note locally to the station is the Kingshouse Hotel.

[edit] History

This station opened on 21 June 1871 with a single platform on the east side of the line. It was closed on 27 September 1965 following a landslide in Glen Ogle.

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Strathyre		Callander and Oban Railway		Balquhidder

[edit] Sources

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

• Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.