Duirinish railway station
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Location | Duirinish, Highland Scotland |
Coordinates | 57°19′12″N 5°41′29″W / 57.3199°N 5.6915°WCoordinates: 57°19′12″N 5°41′29″W / 57.3199°N 5.6915°W |
Grid reference | NG777314 |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Station code | DRN |
History | |
Original company | Dingwall and Skye Railway |
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
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2 November 1897 | Opened[2] |
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Duirinish railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line near the settlement of Duirinish in the Highlands, northern Scotland. Duirinish is 2 miles (3 km) inland of Scotland's west coast, near Loch Lundie.
The station is 59 miles 58 chains (96.1 km) from Dingwall, and has a single platform which is long enough for a four-coach train.[3]
History[]
The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.[4]
Services[]
Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays/Saturdays and one each all year on Sundays, plus a second from May to late September only.[5]
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Following station | ||
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Plockton | Abellio ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line |
Kyle of Lochalsh |
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Butt (1995), p. 84
- ^ Brailsford 2017, map 22D.
- ^ "Railways in the Western Highlands. Opening of New Kyle Extension". Glasgow Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 3 November 1897. Retrieved 15 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 239
Sources[]
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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- Railway stations in Highland (council area)
- Railway stations served by Abellio ScotRail
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1897
- Former Highland Railway stations
- Railway request stops in Great Britain
- Highland railway station stubs