Lech-a-Vuie Platform | |
|---|---|
 Inverailort House | |
| General information | |
| Location | Near Glenfinnan, Highland Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°52′26″N 5°30′47″W / 56.874°N 5.513°W |
| Grid reference | NM860813 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | West Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 1 April 1901[1] | Opened |
| After 1970[2] | Closed |
Lech-a-Vuie Platform railway station[3] (NM860813), Lechavuie[4] or Lech-a-Vute[5] was not constructed for public use.[3] It stood close to the A830 road to the east of Loch Eilt near the Allt-a-Ghiughais burn and below Doire Dhamh on the West Highland Railway's extension to Mallaig. It stood in between the still extant Glenfinnan and Lochailort stations. At first it only served the needs of shooting parties on the Inverailort Estate owned by the Common-Head family, however it was later used by the army and navy during WWII[3] and closed in the 1970s. Lech-a-vuie was 18.5 miles (30 km) from Mallaig Junction and stood at the summit of the line at a height of 379 feet (115.5 metres).[6]
- ^ "North British Railway List of Stations with Opening and Closing Dates" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ McGregor, John (July 2016). "Lechavuie Platform - The Landed Interest and the West Highland". North British Railway Study Group Journal. North British Railway Study Group.
- ^ a b c McGregor, John (1994). 100 years of the West Highland Railway. ScotRail. p. 11.
- ^ McGregor, John (1994). 100 years of the West Highland Railway. ScotRail. p. 1.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stevens. p. 140. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- ^ McGregor, John (1994). 100 years of the West Highland Railway. ScotRail. p. 57.