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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]

Gollanfield Junction
The site of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Gollanfield, Highland Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Inverness and Nairn Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
7 November 1855	Opened as Fort George
1 July 1899	Renamed Gollanfield Junction
March 1959	Renamed Gollanfield
3 May 1965	Closed

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 Passenger services on the branch were withdrawn in 1943 and it closed to all traffic in August 1958.^{[citation needed]} The following year, the station was renamed Gollanfield by British Railways.[1]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, Elgin and Aberdeen.[2]

Accident

In 1953, a head-on collision between an eastbound Inverness to Keith 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.

References

External links

• "Inverness and Nairn Railway". RAILSCOT. 1997–2012.
• Canmore - Gollanfield Junction Station

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Nairn Line and station open		Highland Railway Inverness and Nairn Railway		Dalcross Line open; station closed
	Disused railways
Terminus		Highland Railway Fort George branch line		Fort George Line and station closed

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