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Private railway station
Private railway stations were a logical development of the rapid growth in railway transportation during the 19th century. Whereas financiers looked to place their stations so as to balance the cost of the construction with expected revenue from the nearby populace, wealthy people utilised this new mode of transport by creating a halt solely for the use of their family, guests and staff.
==Examples==
The earliest recorded such halt is Crathes Station〔(Earliest Private Halt )〕 in Aberdeenshire, built for Sir Robert Burnett of Leys in 1853. Such was his family's authority that even messenger trains run when Queen Victoria was in residence at Balmoral had to stop there, just in case he wanted to get on. There were many such lairds,〔(Arrangements for crossing Philorth )〕 although some were rather less willing to pay for their station once it was safely constructed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Scottish private halts )〕 Some wealthy land-owners wanted the convenience of a bespoke station but did not want an unsightly intrusion onto their land,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tunnel built to hide line )〕 while others wanted their station to be seen from far and wide.〔(Flamboyant Egremont family )〕 The practice spread to Ireland〔(Grim cost of Private Halt in Monaghan )〕 and abroad: both Bermuda and Austria creating exclusive stations for upmarket hotels. Some such stations exist in rural Wales but others designed to ferry the more budget-conscious to holiday camps have disappeared〔(Irish holiday camp private halt )〕 as increasingly such customers ventured abroad. The uses for private halts was as diverse as their appearance: to transport farm produce,〔(Selsey tram farm stop )〕 access a golf club,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Luffness Golf Club )〕 a remote firing range, hospital or an aircraft factory.〔(Halt for De Havilands employees )〕 Many took great pride in their private fiefdoms〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Racehorse named after station )〕 and most are remembered with great affection.
"One of the stops on the Black Isle Railway line was a private halt opened in 1894 at Rosehaugh, near Avoch for the estate owner, Mr James Douglas Fletcher. In its early days it was a great success. The only alternatives, even for a laird, were horse, bicycles or Shanks Pony but once the motor car came into its own however, the station’s use dwindled and it eventually closed in 1951".
::Elizabeth Marshall, ''The Black Isle-Portrait of the Past''〔Published by J.C.Protheroe,1974 ISBN 0-950065-41-2〕
Today the term is often used jokingly for an underused station such as Emerson Park〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transport thread )〕 or mistakenly about remote highland stations where it would be uneconomic to stop for the minuscule number of per annum passengers, unless requested. Many are now only remembered because of the diligent recording of railway enthusiasts〔(Photograph of former site )〕
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