Loch Awe

CRS Code	LHA
Collected date	21/08/12

I underestimated the length of the walk from Falls of Cruachan to Loch Awe, so it turned into something of a forced march and I arrived slightly out of breath but with five minutes to spare before the next train.

On the platform looking eastwards:

A longer view of the platform from the disused platform opposite:

A faded information plaque about the West Highland line:

A plaque marking the station's reopening in 1985:

At the eastern end of the platform is a modern shelter:

There are two accesses to the station. The first is via these steps:

The steps lead up to a footbridge which spans the tracks and gives access to the second, now disused, platform and the lochside:

From the footbridge, looking east:

Looking west from the footbridge. The coach on the left is a self-catering holiday cottage! The path on the right is a ramped route to the road:

The steps lead up beyond the footbridge to the Loch Awe Hotel:

Looking further up the steps at the hotel:

All photographs are © Alexandra Lanes You may reproduce them anywhere for any purpose. Coastline maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001