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{{Short description|Disused railway station in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Ach-na-Cloich
| status              = Disused
| image               = Ach-na-Cloich station site geograph-3226230-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
| caption             = Location of the former station (1994)
| borough             = [[Achnacloich, Argyll and Bute|Achnacloich]], [[Argyll and Bute]]
| country             = Scotland
| coordinates         = {{coord|56.4534|-5.3102|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|NM961339|25|NM961339}}
| platforms           = 1
| original            = [[Callander and Oban Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[Callander and Oban Railway]] operated by [[Caledonian Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[London Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]]
| years               = 1881
| events              = Station opened<ref name="Butt">Butt (1995), page 13</ref>
| years2              = 1 January 1917
| events2             = Station closed<ref name="Butt" />
| years3              = 1 June 1919
| events3             = Station reopened<ref name="Butt" />
| years4              = 1 November 1965
| events4             = Station closed<ref name="Butt" />
}}
'''Ach-na-Cloich''' is a closed railway station located on the south shore of [[Loch Etive]], in [[Argyll and Bute]]. Its site is located on the [[Oban]] route of the scenic [[West Highland Line]], that was part of the [[Callander and Oban Railway]].
The local village is called [[Achnacloich, Argyll and Bute|Achnacloich]], although the Callander and Oban Railway named the station "Ach-na-Cloich".<ref>Fryer (1989): page 54 clearly shows the station name sign "ACH-NA-CLOICH"</ref>
== History ==
Opened by the Callander and Oban Railway, it became part of the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] during the [[Railways Act 1921|Grouping]] of 1923. Passing to the [[Scottish Region of British Railways]] on [[nationalisation]] in 1948, it was then closed by the [[British Railways Board]].
{{Historical Rail Start}}
{{rail line
|next     = {{Stnlnk|Connel Ferry}}<br /><small>''Line and Station open''</small>
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Taynuilt}}<br /><small>''Line and Station open''</small>
|route    = [[Callander and Oban Railway]]<br /><small>Operated by [[Caledonian Railway]]</small>
|col      = {{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}} }}
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== The site today ==
Trains on the Oban section of the West Highland Line pass the site of the closed station. The single platform remains in situ but the wooden station building, which survived long after closure, has now gone.
== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Sources ===
* {{Butt-Stations}}
* {{Fryer-CandO}}
* {{Jowett-Atlas}}
* {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#195,733,1 Station on navigable O.S. map]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1881]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965]]
[[Category:Disused railway stations in Argyll and Bute]]
[[Category:Beeching closures in Scotland]]
[[Category:Former Caledonian Railway stations]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in Scotland]]