Former Railway Station at Nethy Bridge
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Former Railway Station at Nethy Bridge
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 3 Apr 2017
Originally called Abernethy (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Neithich), Nethy Bridge was renamed when the railways came this far north in the 1860s. Nethy Bridge was in the most western corner of the Great North of Scotland Railway system; its station was built in 1863. The Station was a simple one with a small goods shed, signal box and level crossing gates (https://www.railscot.co.uk/locationnew.php?loc=Nethy%20Bridge photos). The Strathspey line closed to passengers on 18 October 1965; goods traffic continued for a further three years, mostly the whisky trains, until this too ceased on 4 November 1968. The track was lifted the following year. The old station building at Nethy Bridge has since been converted into hostel accommodation http://www.nethy.org/ .
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Image Location
Latitude
57.266176
Longitude
-3.658531