Glenfinnan

CRS Code	GLF
Collected date	19/08/12

Glenfinnan is a half-way point along the way from Fort William to Mallaig, and the Jacobite steam service stops there for twenty minutes or so on the way north.

The approach up the road to the station:

The approach leads up to the rear of the station building:

Some art on the rear of the station building:

A railway carriage works as a restaurant:

And in the other direction is (I think) a snow plough:

The entrance from the car park to the platforms:

The steps lead up to platform 1, for trains towards Mallaig:

The platform side of the station building:

The entrance to the station building, which functions as a museum:

An uglier newer building at the eastern end of platform 1:

A signalbox stands at the eastern end of the station, although it is no longer used for signalling; the line is signalled electronically from Banavie:

The side of the signalbox bears its name in Gaelic:

Opposite the signalbox is a water tank:

A siding at the eastern end of Glenfinnan station:

Looking east along the line:

Looking west:

When the steam train is in the station, it fouls both the barrow crossings that grant access to platform 2, so I had to lean out of a train window to get these pictures. Platform 2, looking westwards:

The shelter on platform 2:

The view east from the end of platform 2:

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