Bridge Of Orchy
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Bridge of Orchy (1894-)
Opened on the West Highland Railway.
Description
This is an island platform station in the West Highland Swiss Chalet style. The station master's house and railwaymen's cottage also survive. Entry to the station is by a subway.
The goods yard also remains, in use as a permanent way depot.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site record
Books
Argyll and the Highlands Last Days of Steam
Argyll and the Highlands' Lost Railways
Ben Nevis and Fort William, The Mamores and The Grey Corries, Kinlochleven and Spean Bridge (OS Explorer Map)
History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1
History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1
Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines
Iron Roads to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourists Souvenir Guide to the West Highland Lines
Mountain Moor and Loch on the Route of the West Highland Railway
On West Highland Lines
Railway World Special: West Highland Lines
Rannan Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean =: The West Highland Line
Road To The Isles Dvd: Part One The West Highland Line Between Crianlarich to Fort William, From the Drivers Cab Of A Class 37, With The Caledonian Sleeper
The New Railway: The Earliest Years of the West Highland Line
The Story of the West Highland
The Story of the West Highland: The 1940s LNER Guide to the Line
The West Highland Railway
The West Highland Railway (Railways of the Scottish Highlands)
The West Highland Railway 120 Years
Trossachs and West Highlands: Exploring the Lost Railways (Local History Series)
Victorian Travel on the West Highland Line: By Mountain, Moor and Loch in 1894
Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)
West Highland Line: Great Railway Journeys Through Time
West Highland Railway
West Highland Railway: Plans, Poltics and PeopleDates
| 07/08/1894 | West Highland Railway Public opening from Fort William to Craigendoran. Stations opened at Craigendoran Upper, Helensburgh Upper, Row, Garelochhead, Arrochar and Tarbet, Ardlui, Crianlarich, Tyndrum [WHR] , Bridge of Orchy, Gortan (private), Rannoch, Corrour (private), Inverlair, Roy Bridge, Spean Bridge and Fort William [1st]. |
