Английская Википедия:Gollanfield Junction railway station
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Gollanfield Junction was a railway station located at Gollanfield, to the west of Nairn, Scotland, (now in the Highland Council Area). Opened in 1855 by the Inverness and Nairn Railway, it was initially named Fort George after the military base nearby.[1]
In July 1899 the Highland Railway opened a direct branch to Fort George (which was actually sited in the village of Ardersier). With the opening of the branch, the station was renamed Gollanfield Junction. Passenger services on the branch were withdrawn in 1943 and it closed to all traffic in August 1958.Шаблон:Cn The following year, the station was renamed Gollanfield by British Railways.[1]
Goods traffic at the station ceased in May 1964 and it was closed to passenger traffic on 3 May 1965 (along with all the other remaining stations between Nairn & Inverness) as a result of the Beeching Axe.[1]
Most of the buildings were subsequently demolished after closure, but the station house remain standing and is used as a private residence. A single line remains in use by passenger trains between Inverness, Шаблон:Rws and Aberdeen.[2]
Accident
In 1953, a head-on collision between an eastbound Inverness to Шаблон:Rws passenger train and a westbound freight train just west of the station resulted in the deaths of three train crew (both drivers and the passenger train fireman) and injuries to three passengers & the goods train fireman.[3] The driver of the freight train was held culpable for the accident for failing to regulate the speed of his train on approach to the station, though the station signalman was also censured for lowering the home signal prematurely and thus misleading the driver into thinking the starting signal ahead would also be clear.
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 "Disused Stations - Gollanfield"Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 17 August 2016
- ↑ "Gollanfield Junction railway station (site), Highland" Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 17 August 2016
- ↑ "Report on the Collision which occurred on 9th June 1953 near Gollanfield Junction in the Scottish Region, British Railways" The Railways Archive; Retrieved 17 August 2016
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