Talk:Ballachulish railway station
Latest comment: 15 years ago by Signalhead in topic Station name
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Why is this described as being Argyll and Bute rather than Highland?--JBellis 21:01, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Station name edit
I think this article should be moved to "Ballachulish railway station". I cannot find a single reference to the station ever having been named "Ballachulish & Glencoe". –Signalhead < T > 22:02, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
- I've always seen it referred to as just "Ballachulish" on maps (including this old OS map) and in books (and RailScot). Early timetables had it as "Ballachulish (Glencoe) for Kinlochleven" whereas later ones had just "Ballachulish", with a footnote that it's the station for Glencoe and Kinlochleven. Photographs show an old nameboard reading "Ballachulish (Glencoe) for Kinlochleven" on Platform 2 but there was a large nameboard on the opposite platform, possibly BR-era, reading just "Ballachulish" in large capital letters. The station did acquire BR totems, but it's hard to tell from photos what was written on them; I suspect it was just "Ballachulish". Although the article has to acknowledge every name by which the station was known, "Ballachulish" should be the most prominent, and not just for reasons of brevity. –Signalhead < T > 22:55, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
- Here's a photo of the closure notice for the line. You can clearly see the list of names of all the stations to be closed, including "Ballachulish". –Signalhead < T > 12:22, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
- Super. I've requested the move (it needs an admin to do it). –Signalhead < T > 19:14, 21 February 2009 (UTC)