Carrbridge railway station

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Carrbridge

Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Chàrr[1]
National Rail
Carrbridge railway station, looking towards Inverness.JPG
Carrbridge railway station, looking towards Inverness
LocationCarrbridge, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°16′46″N 3°49′41″W / 57.2794°N 3.8280°W / 57.2794; -3.8280Coordinates: 57°16′46″N 3°49′41″W / 57.2794°N 3.8280°W / 57.2794; -3.8280
Grid referenceNH899224
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCAG
History
Original companyHighland Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
8 July 1892Opened as Carr Bridge
16 May 1983Renamed as Carrbridge
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 5,808
2017/18Increase 6,064
2018/19Decrease 5,584
2019/20Decrease 5,474
2020/21Decrease 1,622
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Carrbridge railway station serves the village of Carrbridge, Highland, Scotland. The railway station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line, 90 miles 0 chains (144.8 km) from Perth. It has a passing loop 30 chains (600 m) long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a thirteen-coach train.[2]

History[]

See also: Rail accidents at Carrbridge

The station was opened on 8 July 1892 when the Highland Railway opened the line from Aviemore.[3]

Services northbound started on 8 July 1897 when the line to Daviot was opened, the line through to Inverness opened on 1 November 1898.[4]

The station was built with a passing loop on the otherwise single track railway, a signal box (automatic token-exchange apparatus was used) and several sidings on the north side of the line.[5][6]

The station building is thought to be by the architect William Roberts, dating from 1898.[7] A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1954 to 1965.[8]

There have been two accidents at Carrbridge, one in 1914 and another in 2010.

Services 2020[]

As of 2020, There is 5 trains per day northbound departures to Inverness and 6 trains per day southbound trains to Perth, the latter continuing to either Glasgow Queen Street or Edinburgh. 4 trains call each way on Sundays, including the southbound Highland Chieftain to London King's Cross.[9]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Aviemore   London North Eastern Railway
Sunday & Southbound Only
East Coast Main Line 		  Inverness
Aviemore   Abellio ScotRail
Highland Main Line 		  Inverness
  Historical railways  
Aviemore
Line and station open 		  Highland Railway
Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway 		  Tomatin
Line open; station closed

Gallery[]

  • View NW, towards Inverness (1986)

  • View SE, towards Aviemore and Perth (1986)

  • The station building (1990)

Facilities[]

The station has a car park but is not permanently staffed.[10] Flowering shrubs on the platforms are tended by volunteers as part of an 'adopt a station' initiative.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Brailsford 2017, map 19D.
  3. ^ Quick 2019, p. 108.
  4. ^ Thomas & Turnock 1989, p. 317.
  5. ^ "Carr Bridge station on OS Six-inch map Inverness-shire - Mainland Sheet XLV (includes: Duthil and Rothiemurchus)". National Library of Scotland. 1902. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  6. ^ Thomas & Turnock 1989, p. 236.
  7. ^ Gifford 1992.
  8. ^ McRae 1998, p. 13.
  9. ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 229
  10. ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Carrbridge". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Carrbridge Station, Scotland". www.carrbridge.org. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

Bibliography[]

  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • Gifford, John (1992). The Buildings of Scotland, Highland and Islands. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09625-9.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society.
  • Thomas, John; Turnock, David (1989). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 15 The North of Scotland (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-03-8.

Further reading[]

  • 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.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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