Lairg railway station
Location | Lairg, Highland Scotland |
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Coordinates | 58°00′07″N 4°23′59″W / 58.0019°N 4.3998°WCoordinates: 58°00′07″N 4°23′59″W / 58.0019°N 4.3998°W |
Grid reference | NC582039 |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | LRG |
History | |
Original company | Sutherland Railway |
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
Post-grouping | LMSR |
Key dates | |
28 July 1874 | Open |
Passengers | |
2016/17 | 5,576 |
2017/18 | 5,426 |
2018/19 | 6,016 |
2019/20 | 6,264 |
2020/21 | 742 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Lairg railway station is a railway station just south of the village of Lairg in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line. It is 66 miles 78 chains (107.8 km) from Inverness, and has a passing loop 26 chains (520 m) long, flanked by two platforms. Platform 1 on the up (southbound) line can accommodate trains having six coaches, but platform 2 on the down (northbound) line can only hold five.[2]
Until April 2009 the station provided an interchange point for postbus services to the remote communities of Durness, Kinlochbervie and Tongue, Highland. Following considerable local opposition to the cancellation of the services they have now been replaced by temporary services operated, under contract from the Highland Council, by Stagecoach plc. The future of the services has yet to be determined.
Highland Rail Partnership is based in the former booking office.
Services[]
Four Inverness to Wick via Thurso trains call here each way on weekdays and Saturdays (along with a fifth Inverness departure southbound in the early morning) and a single departure each way on Sundays.[3]
References[]
- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ^ Brailsford 2017, map 20A.
- ^ Table 239 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Invershin or Ardgay | Abellio ScotRail Far North Line |
Rogart |
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- Railway stations in Sutherland
- Railway stations served by Abellio ScotRail
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874
- Former Highland Railway stations
- Highland railway station stubs