Brora railway station

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Brora

Scottish Gaelic: Brùra[1]
National Rail
Brora Station - geograph.org.uk - 871697.jpg
LocationBrora, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates58°00′47″N 3°51′08″W / 58.0131°N 3.8523°W / 58.0131; -3.8523Coordinates: 58°00′47″N 3°51′08″W / 58.0131°N 3.8523°W / 58.0131; -3.8523
Grid referenceNC906041
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBRA
History
Original companyDuke of Sutherland's Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
19 June 1871[2]Opened
Passengers
2016/17Increase 5,616
2017/18Increase 5,994
2018/19Increase 6,992
2019/20Decrease 6,354
2020/21Decrease 648
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated23 July 1987
Reference no.LB571[3]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Brora railway station (/ˈbrɔːrə/) is a railway station serving the small town of Brora in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line. The station was staffed from 1872 to 1992. The former station buildings are now unused but together with the cast iron footbridge are a listed building.[3]

The station is 90 miles 48 chains (145.8 km) from Inverness, and has a passing loop 25 chains (500 m) long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a seven-coach train.[4]

Services[]

There are four departures each weekday & Saturday and one each way on a Sunday.[5] Trains run northbound to Wick via Thurso and southbound to Lairg, Dingwall and Inverness.

  • View Northward towards Helmsdale/Georgemas Junction/Thurso/Wick

  • View northward, towards Helmsdale and Thurso/Wick

  • View southward, towards Dingwall and Inverness

References[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 46.
  3. ^ a b "BRORA RAILWAY STATION AND FOOT BRIDGE". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ^ Brailsford 2017, map 20B.
  5. ^ Table 239 National Rail timetable, May 2016.
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Dunrobin Castle   Abellio ScotRail
Far North Line 		  Helmsdale
  Historical railways  
Dunrobin Castle
Line and station open 		  Highland Railway
Duke of Sutherland's Railway 		  Loth
Line open, station closed

Sources[]

  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.


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