Carrbridge railway station
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Carrbridge railway station, looking towards Inverness | |
Location | Carrbridge, Highland Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°16′46″N 3°49′41″W / 57.2794°N 3.8280°WCoordinates: 57°16′46″N 3°49′41″W / 57.2794°N 3.8280°W |
Grid reference | NH899224 |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | CAG |
History | |
Original company | Highland Railway |
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
8 July 1892 | Opened as Carr Bridge |
16 May 1983 | Renamed as Carrbridge |
Passengers | |
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2018/19 | ![]() |
2019/20 | ![]() |
2020/21 | ![]() |
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[]
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 | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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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[]
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Brailsford 2017, map 19D.
- ^ Quick 2019, p. 108.
- ^ Thomas & Turnock 1989, p. 317.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Thomas & Turnock 1989, p. 236.
- ^ Gifford 1992.
- ^ McRae 1998, p. 13.
- ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 229
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Carrbridge". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "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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