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Glencarron Platform was an intermediate halt on the Dingwall and Skye Railway between Dingwall and Strome Ferry (later extended to Kyle of Lochalsh). It was built for the benefit of a local landowner to serve his hunting lodge, in exchange for which the landowner authorised the railway to cross his land and bought a sizeable shareholding in the cash-strapped concern. Delightfully located in the isolated Glen Carron, the platform eventually began to be used by regular members of the travelling public alighting to explore the landscape or rejoining the train after walks. However, this traffic was not very substantial and along with two other Kyle line stations - Achterneed and Duncraig - it was closed in the wake of the Beeching Report. Of these three stations, only Achterneed immediately died; the Kyle of Lochalsh line was not subject to much scrutiny from management and trains continued to call, wholly unofficially, at both Glencarron and Duncraig. In due course this subterfuge was discovered and once the line was officially reprieved in 1974 it was not long before Duncraig was discretely restored to the timetable. Glencarron was not accorded this honour and remained an unofficial stopping place, on prior request to the traincrew, into the 1990s. As an unofficial stopping place it received no maintenance and steadily decayed. Trains no longer stop here and little trace remains of the platform. == References == * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glencarron Platform railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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