Pitlochry train station
| Pitlochry | |
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 Pitlochry Railway Station in 2014
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| abbreviation | PIT |
| opening | 1863 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Pitlochry |
| Unitary Authority | Perth and Kinross |
| Part of the country | Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 42 ′ 9 ″ N , 3 ° 44 ′ 9 ″ W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The Pitlochry station is the station in the Scottish town of Pitlochry in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . The station is on the Highland Main Line and opened in 1863. The station was included in the Scottish Monument List in 1994 in the highest monument category A.
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The Highland Railway opened the through station on June 1, 1863 along the Inverness – Perth railway, which is now part of the Highland Main Line . While Pitlochry station is still served by trains on the Highland Main Line and the Caledonian Sleeper , the two neighboring stations of Ballinluig and Killiecrankie along the route have since been closed.
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The station is on the southern edge of Pitlochry not far from the left bank of the Tummel with the Pitlochry hydropower station . The original station building is no longer preserved as it was replaced by a new building in 1894. It is considered a well-preserved example of Scottish train station architecture in the late 19th century. There are parallels to Nairn station, which is a few years older .
The north-facing main facade of the one-story building is six axes wide. The building, whose gables on the platform side are designed as a stepped gable , has a U-shaped floor plan. A protective roof, which rests on four octagonal , cast-iron pillars, runs between the gables . A beveled recess emerges from the left gable . The windows are coupled with stone window posts along all the facades . A cast iron footbridge provides a passage to the opposite platform. Its design corresponds to the standard version of the Highland Railway.
