Kinbrace railway station

Kinbrace railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kinbrace in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. Trains stop on request.

Kinbrace
Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Bhràiste[1]
Location
Place	Kinbrace
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	58.2585°N 3.9412°W / 58.2585; -3.9412
Grid reference	NC862316
Operations
Station code	KBC
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	528
2015/16	456
2016/17	464
2017/18	376
2018/19	510
History
Key dates	Opened 28 July 1874 (28 July 1874)
Original company	Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
28 July 1874	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kinbrace from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

Helmsdale had been linked to Inverness by rail in 1870. The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was formed in 1871 to carry the railway onward to Thurso and Wick, by a route which took it through Strath Ullie. The line opened on 28 July 1874[2] and included a station at Kinbrace.[3][4]

The station is 118 miles 20 chains (190.3 km) from Inverness, and has a single platform which is long enough for a four-coach train.[5]

Services

In the May 2019 timetable, there are four trains north to Wick via Thurso and three south to Inverness from Mon-Sat (if requested). There is a fourth Wick to Inverness service, but this is not advertised to stop at Kinbrace. There is a single train each way on Sundays.[6]

References

1. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. "The Sunderland and Caithness Railway". The Scotsman. British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1874. Retrieved 14 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.
4. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
5. Brailsford 2017, map 20C.
6. "North Highlands Timetable" (PDF). ScotRail.

External links

• RAILSCOT page on Kinbrace

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kildonan		Abellio ScotRail Far North Line		Forsinard
	Historical railways
Borrobol Platform Line open, station closed		Highland Railway Sutherland and Caithness Railway		Forsinard Line and station open