Brora railway station

Brora railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Brora in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line. The station was staffed from 1872 to 1992. The former station buildings are now unused but together with the cast iron footbridge are a listed building.[3]

Brora
Scottish Gaelic: Brùra[1]
Location
Place	Brora
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	58.0131°N 3.8523°W / 58.0131; -3.8523
Grid reference	NC906041
Operations
Station code	BRA
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	5,616
2015/16	5,524
2016/17	5,616
2017/18	5,994
2018/19	6,992
History
Original company	Duke of Sutherland's Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
19 June 1871[2]	Opened
Listed status
Listing grade	Category C
Entry number	LB571[3]
Added to list	23 July 1987
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brora from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station is 90 miles 48 chains (145.8 km) from Inverness, and has a passing loop 25 chains (500 m) long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a seven-coach train.[4]

Services

There are four departures each weekday & Saturday and one each way on a Sunday.[5] Trains run northbound to Wick via Thurso and southbound to Lairg, Dingwall and Inverness.

View Northward towards Helmsdale/Georgemas Junction/Thurso/Wick View northward, towards Helmsdale and Thurso/Wick View southward, towards Dingwall and Inverness

References

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt 1995, p. 46.
3. "BRORA RAILWAY STATION AND FOOT BRIDGE". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
4. Brailsford 2017, map 20B.
5. Table 239 National Rail timetable, May 2016.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dunrobin Castle		Abellio ScotRail Far North Line		Helmsdale
	Historical railways
Dunrobin Castle Line and station open		Highland Railway Duke of Sutherland's Railway		Loth Line open, station closed

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.