Anchovy Railway Station

Anchovy Railway Station

Parish: St. James

The Anchovy Railway Station is a two storey Jamaica/Georgian timber structure with timber doors and sash window openings on the ground floor. The upper floor is partially cantilevered and is supported by a series of timber posts on the ground floor. The upper floor also has a combination of sash and louver windows as well as recessed panel timber doors. The roof of the structure is a T-shaped gable end zinc roof with a semi-circular fanlight on either side of a double gable end section of the roof.

The Anchovy Railway Station was erected around 1894.

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