ID:QZP40_CARD_1110DESCRIPTION:Kyle of Lochalsh Railway Station in Ross-shire. The station was built at the end of the pier at Kyle around 1897, to accommodate the Dingwall and Skye Railway. The railway had reached its first terminus at Stromeferry ten years earlier and a temporary stop was made to the work when the company ran out of funds. This meant that Lochcarron was used as railhead and pier for the Hebrides.
The connection from Stromeferry to Kyle was the most expensive stretch of railway engineering ever to be undertaken at that time, costing around £250,000. This was because a large amount of blasting was required to hew out 31 rock cuttings, and also because 29 bridges had to be built. The building of the ten-and-a-half-mile stretch took four years, almost as long as the 53 miles between Dingwall and Stromeferry.
Before the coming of the railway, there were no more than three houses in Kyle. On the day of the first train, the bay took on the more elaborate name of 'Kyle of Lochalsh', and MacBraynes celebrated the occasion by running a passenger boat from Portree. Kyle of Lochalsh grew in prosperity after the opening of the line and today it has a thriving communityPLACENAME:Kyle of LochalshDISTRICT:South West RossOLD COUNTY/PARISH:ROSS: LochalshPERIOD:1890s; 1900sSOURCE:Highland LibrariesCOLLECTION:Highland Libraries' Postcard CollectionAsset ID:33030KEYWORDS:
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