Strathcarron railway station

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Strathcarron

Scottish Gaelic: Srath Carrann[1]
National Rail
Strathcarron railway station in 2006.jpg
LocationStrathcarron, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°25′22″N 5°25′43″W / 57.4228°N 5.4286°W / 57.4228; -5.4286Coordinates: 57°25′22″N 5°25′43″W / 57.4228°N 5.4286°W / 57.4228; -5.4286
Grid referenceNG942421
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSTC
History
Original companyDingwall and Skye Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
19 August 1870[2]Opened
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 7,678
2017/18Increase 7,742
2018/19Decrease 6,970
2019/20Increase 7,224
2020/21Decrease 1,192
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Strathcarron railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the small village of Strathcarron and the larger village of Lochcarron in the Highlands, northern Scotland.

History[]

Strathcarron station, August 1980

The station was built by Murdoch Paterson between 1869 and 1870.[3] The station was opened to passengers on 19 August 1870 by the Dingwall and Skye Railway. The lattice-girder footbridge was built by the Rose Street Foundry in 1900.

Current use[]

The station is 45 miles 74 chains (73.9 km) from Dingwall, and has a passing loop 19 chains (380 m) long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a three-coach train.[4]

One of the Kyle line's three passing loops is located at the station (and trains are sometimes scheduled to cross here), though the Radio Electronic Token Block signalling system used is remotely supervised from Inverness. The Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) was installed by British Rail.

Four trains per day each way call at the station Mon-Sat, with two each way on summer Sundays and a single service each way on Sundays in the winter months.[5]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Achnashellach   Abellio ScotRail
Kyle of Lochalsh Line 		  Attadale

References[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 222.
  3. ^ The Buildings of Scotland: Highlands: John Gifford. Yale University Press 2003. ISBN 0300096259 p.523
  4. ^ Brailsford 2017, map 22E.
  5. ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 239

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.


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