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TITLE
Looking east from end of the platform at Strome Ferry, 1938
EXTERNAL ID
PC_HRS_STATIONS_001_1284
PLACENAME
Strome Ferry
DISTRICT
South West Ross
OLD COUNTY/PARISH
ROSS: Lochalsh
DATE OF IMAGE
1938
PERIOD
1930s
SOURCE
Highland Railway Society
ASSET ID
27917
KEYWORDS
railway stations
Stromeferry
Looking east from end of the platform at Strome Ferry, 1938

This photograph shows the view looking east from end of the platform at Strome Ferry. It was taken in 1938.

Strome Ferry was the original terminus of the Dingwall and Skye Railway which opened in 1870. The line was worked by the Highland Railway which officially absorbed it in August 1880. Ferry services were run from here to a variety of mainland and island destinations. To begin with the ferries were run by the Dingwall and Skye Railway, then the Highland Railway and finally David MacBrayne.

The line was extended to Kyle of Lochalsh in November 1897. In the early 1960s the spelling was changed to Stromeferry. It is still served by regular passenger services although it was closed to goods traffic in June 1964. A siding was built for the fabrication yard for oil platforms at Loch Kishorn which opened in 1975. The siding closed in the mid-1980s.

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Looking east from end of the platform at Strome Ferry, 1938

ROSS: Lochalsh

1930s

railway stations; Stromeferry

Highland Railway Society

Highland Railway Society - Stations

This photograph shows the view looking east from end of the platform at Strome Ferry. It was taken in 1938.<br /> <br /> Strome Ferry was the original terminus of the Dingwall and Skye Railway which opened in 1870. The line was worked by the Highland Railway which officially absorbed it in August 1880. Ferry services were run from here to a variety of mainland and island destinations. To begin with the ferries were run by the Dingwall and Skye Railway, then the Highland Railway and finally David MacBrayne.<br /> <br /> The line was extended to Kyle of Lochalsh in November 1897. In the early 1960s the spelling was changed to Stromeferry. It is still served by regular passenger services although it was closed to goods traffic in June 1964. A siding was built for the fabrication yard for oil platforms at Loch Kishorn which opened in 1975. The siding closed in the mid-1980s.