Gorton railway station (Scotland)

For the station in Manchester, England, see Gorton railway station.

Gorton

Gortan
Gorton station looking SW from near the platemen's bothy, 26 Aug 1996
General information
LocationOn Rannoch Moor between Bridge of Orchy and Rannoch station, Argyll & Bute
Scotland
Coordinates56°35′44″N 4°37′03″W / 56.595639°N 4.617383°W / 56.595639; -4.617383
Grid referenceNN39394792
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWest Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
7 August 1894Opened[1]
1 May 1926Renamed[1]
1964Closed[2]

Gorton railway station or Gortan railway station, named for the nearby Meall a Ghortain area of high ground, was a remote rural private railway station on Rannoch Moor, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Opened in 1894 by the North British Railway, it was located at the present day Gorton Crossing engineer's siding where the ancient Rannoch Drove Road crossed the railway line.

Alternative names recorded are Gorton Crossing Station; Gorton Farm; Gorton Platform; Gortan Railway Siding.[3][4] To prevent confusion with the 'Gorton' in Manchester the LNER applied the name 'Gortan', suggesting that it appeared in timetables.[5] It had originally been changed in 1928 from 'Gortan' to 'Gorton'.[6] It was the least publicised station on the line and one reference states that it was discovered from time to time by journalists "short of copy".[5]

  1. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 107. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  2. ^ "North British Railway Study Group" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Canmore Gorton Crossing". Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ^ "North British Railway Study Group" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b McGregor, John (1994). 100 years of the West Highland Railway. ScotRail. p. 11.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference GT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).