Duncraig railway station

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Duncraig

Scottish Gaelic: Dùn na Creige[1]
National Rail
Duncraig.jpg
The platform at Duncraig, looking southwest
LocationDuncraig Castle, near Plockton, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°20′13″N 5°38′14″W / 57.3369°N 5.6372°W / 57.3369; -5.6372Coordinates: 57°20′13″N 5°38′14″W / 57.3369°N 5.6372°W / 57.3369; -5.6372
Grid referenceNG812332
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeDCG
History
Original companyHighland Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
1897[2]Opened as private station Duncraig Platform
23 May 1949[2]Opened to the public
10 September 1962[2]Renamed
7 December 1964[2]Closed
5 January 1976[2]Reopened
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 348
2017/18Increase 408
2018/19Increase 484
2019/20Increase 500
2020/21Decrease 30
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
The platform alongside Loch Carron, looking northeast

Duncraig railway station is a remote railway station by the shore of Loch Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving Duncraig Castle, a mansion near Plockton, in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. It was originally a private station, and features a small, unique octagonal waiting room. The station is unstaffed and is a request stop.

The station is 57 miles 9 chains (91.9 km) from Dingwall, and has a single platform which is long enough for a two-coach train.[3]

History[]

The station was built as a private station for Duncraig Castle[4] by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway), opening on 2 November 1897.[5]

It became a public station in 1949. Duncraig was closed between 7 December 1964 and 5 January 1976;[2] it was reopened after local train drivers refused to acknowledge the station's closure for the intervening 11 years.[6]

The station is a Category B listed building.[7]

Services[]

Monday to Saturday, Duncraig is served, by request, by four services each way between Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh. On Sundays, there are two services each way in summer, reducing to one each way in winter.[8]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Stromeferry   Abellio ScotRail
Kyle of Lochalsh Line 		  Plockton

References[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Butt 1995, p. 85.
  3. ^ Brailsford 2017, map 22D.
  4. ^ Private and Untimetabled railway stations by G.Croughton page 69
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Wills, Dixe (8 April 2014). "Stop the train, I want to get off: The magic of Britain's railway request stations". The Independent. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  7. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Duncraig Halt (Category B Listed Building) (LB44180)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 239 (Network Rail)

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.
  • Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985). The Highland Railway : The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands - Vol 2 (4th ed.). David St John Thomas. ISBN 0946537232.
  • 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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