Strathcarron railway station
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.
Strathcarron  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Srath Carrann[1] | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Strathcarron |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 57.4228°N 5.4286°W |
| Grid reference | NG942421 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | STC |
| 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 |  |
| 2015/16 | |
| 2016/17 | |
| 2017/18 |  |
| 2018/19 | |
| History | |
| Original company | Dingwall and Skye Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| 19 August 1870[2] | 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 Strathcarron from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
History
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 | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achnashellach | Abellio ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line |
Attadale | ||
References
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt 1995, p. 222.
- The Buildings of Scotland: Highlands: John Gifford. Yale University Press 2003. ISBN 0300096259 p.523
- Brailsford 2017, map 22E.
- GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 239
Sources
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- 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.