Private railway station

Whereas financiers looked to place their stations so as to balance the cost of the construction with expected revenue from the nearby populace, wealthy people utilised this new mode of transport by creating a halt solely for the use of their family, guests and staff.

Such was his family's authority that even messenger trains run when Queen Victoria was in residence at Balmoral had to stop there, just in case he wanted to get on.

The uses for private halts was as diverse as their appearance: to transport farm produce,[11] access a golf club,[12] a remote firing range,[13][unreliable source?]

[citation needed] "One of the stops on the Black Isle Railway line was a private halt opened in 1894 at Rosehaugh, near Avoch for the estate owner, Mr James Douglas Fletcher.

or mistakenly about remote highland stations,[citation needed] where it would be uneconomic to stop for the minuscule number of per annum passengers, unless requested.