Muir of Ord railway station

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Muir of Ord

Scottish Gaelic: Am Blàr Dubh[1]
National Rail
Muir of Ord railway station in 1988.jpg
Class 37 on a southbound service in May 1988
LocationMuir of Ord, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°31′03″N 4°27′37″W / 57.5175°N 4.4602°W / 57.5175; -4.4602Coordinates: 57°31′03″N 4°27′37″W / 57.5175°N 4.4602°W / 57.5175; -4.4602
Grid referenceNH527501
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMOO
History
Original companyInverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
11 June 1862Opened[2]
13 June 1960Closed
4 October 1976Reopened
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 64,480
2017/18Increase 64,820
2018/19Increase 67,554
2019/20Increase 70,850
2020/21Decrease 13,556
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is the location of the sole remaining crossing loop on the single line between Dingwall and Inverness.

The station is 13 miles 4 chains (13.05 mi; 21.0 km) from Inverness, and has a passing loop 32 chains (700 yd; 640 m) long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a ten-coach train.[3]

History[]

Muir of Ord railway station was once the junction of a branch railway to Fortrose. The station building and platform canopy were erected in 1894.[4]

Passenger services on the branch ceased on 1 October 1951, but the branch remained open for freight until 13 June 1960.

Muir of Ord station was closed in 1960 but reopened in 1976.

After the railway bridge across the River Ness washed away in February 1989, isolating the entire network north of Inverness, Muir of Ord was chosen as the location for a temporary depot, from which the stranded rolling stock could operate the service to the highland communities which depended on the line. In November 2015, work commenced on a new A862 road bridge at the northern end of the station.[5]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Beauly   Abellio ScotRail
Far North Line
Kyle of Lochalsh Line 		  Conon Bridge
  Historical railways  
Beauly   Highland Railway
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
   Conon
Terminus   Highland Railway
Fortrose Branch
  

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt (1995)
  3. ^ Brailsford 2017, map 18C.
  4. ^ The Buildings of Scotland, Highland and Islands. John Gifford. Yale University Press. 1992. ISBN 0-300-09625-9
  5. ^ Work to start next month on vital bridge replacement The Press and Journal 14 October 2015

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.
  • 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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