Lintmill Halt railway station

Lintmill Halt was a railway station about two miles (3 km) from Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, serving the rural locale and the nearby lint mill. The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between the towns of Campbeltown and Machrihanish.

Lintmill Halt railway Station
General information
LocationMachrihanish, Argyll and Bute
Scotland
Coordinates55.4235°N 5.6601°W / 55.4235; -5.6601
Grid referenceNR6848320499
PlatformsNone
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCampbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway
Key dates
16 August 1906[1]Station opened
November 1931[1]Station closed
January 1932[1]Station re-opened
May 1932[1]Station closed to passengers
1934Track lifted

History

The station had no platforms, but a passing loop was present with signals[2] and a small signal box structure.[3]

Upgraded from a coal carrying mineral lined and opened for passenger traffic in 1906, the railway did not have stations as such, just places where the train halted to pick up passengers. Many of the passengers were day trippers from Glasgow as a turbine steamer would bring passengers to Campbeltown early enough to catch a train to Machrihanish and allow a return journey all in one day.[4] The next stop on the railway was Drumlemble Halt.[5] Edmonson style tickets were issued for journeys to and from this halt.[6]

Only three other passenger-carrying lines in the UK operated on the same gauge, all of them in Wales - the Corris Railway, the short-lived Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway and the Talyllyn Railway.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Moss Road Halt   Campbeltown to Machrihanish
Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway		   Drumlemble Halt

Notes
  1. Butt 1995, p. 143.
  2. OS Map 1938 Retrieved : 2012-09-30
  3. Wham, Page 124
  4. Railway Details Retrieved : 2012-09-30
  5. Butt 1995, p. 83.
  6. Lintmill Ticket at auction Retrieved : 2012-09-30

References
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Wham, Alasdair (2009). Trossachs and West Highlands. Exploring the Lost Railways. Wigton : G. C. Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-872350-34-9.

Further reading
  • Farr, A. D. (1967). The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-351-6
  • Macmillan, Nigel S.C. (1970). The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway. Newton Abbot : David & Charles.


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