History
The station opened on 1 October 1893 with a single platform on the south side of the line. Although it was closed on 1 November 1965, it re-opened on 20 June 1988.
Falls of Cruachan station was reopened in 1988 by BR's West Highland Area Business Group for just £10,000 – achieved by collecting ‘dumped’ concrete sleepers from the lineside all over the Highlands and having them stacked at the site of the old station here. They were topped by slabs and BR's Business Manager Highland Callum MacLeod persuaded the then Strathclyde Regional Council to rebuild the footpath down to the A85 and to install a pavement from there to the Ben Cruachan Visitors Centre about 300 yards away. There is no station lighting so trains call (by request) during daylight hours only. Col. Dalziel, retiring as Chairman of the Scottish TUCC, performed the opening ceremony. Some years later, a shelter and better signing were added to the halt.
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