Newtonmore railway station

Newtonmore railway station serves the village of Newtonmore, Highland, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line. The station is 68 miles 62 chains (110.7 km) from Perth, and has a single platform which is long enough for a ten-coach train.[3] It is currently the only station on the Highland Main Line to have one platform, although the former second platform can still be seen adjacent to the first platform.

Newtonmore
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Ùr an t-Slèibh[1]
Location
Place	Newtonmore
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	57.0595°N 4.1184°W / 57.0595; -4.1184
Grid reference	NN715984
Operations
Station code	NWR
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	8,636
2015/16	9,432
2016/17	8,770
2017/18	9,194
2018/19	7,848
History
Original company	Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
9 September 1863 (1863-09-09)	Opened
Listed status
Listing grade	Category B
Entry number	LB7673[2]
Added to list	20 December 1979
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newtonmore from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened on 9 September 1863 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (I&PJn) when the I&PJn opened the section from Aviemore to Pitlochry.[4][5]

The station had two platforms, connected with a footbridge, either side of a passing loop, there was a goods yard to the north that was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock, it was equipped with a five-ton crane. There were two signal boxes and a turntable.[6][7]

The original station buildings were constructed of wood and were destroyed in a fire in April 1893.[8] A replacement station building in stone was erected in 1893.[9]

A serious accident occurred on 2 August 1894 when the morning passenger train from Perth to Inverness collided with a goods train. One passenger was killed and several were badly injured.[10]

On 13 September 1900, James Ormiston, a brakesman was killed in a shunting accident at the station.[11]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1964 to 1967.[12]

Current services

The station is served by trains to Inverness and Glasgow or Edinburgh, a Sunday southbound HST train service to London King's Cross and a nightly Caledonian Sleeper service to London Euston. The station has just one platform; since it was shortened the main building is now a private residence and is now no longer part of the platform. Because the platform is short, express services overrun the platform commonly. The station was listed for closure but was saved.[13]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Blair Atholl		London North Eastern Railway Sunday, Southbound Only East Coast Main Line		Kingussie
Dalwhinnie or Blair Atholl or Pitlochry		Abellio ScotRail Highland Main Line		Kingussie
Dalwhinnie		Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper		Kingussie
	Historical railways
Dalwhinnie Line and station open		Highland Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway		Kingussie Line and station open

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. "NEWTONMORE RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
3. Brailsford 2017, map 19C.
4. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 300.
5. "Opening of the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 16 September 1863. p. 6. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Newtonmore station on OS 25 inch map Inverness-shire - Mainland CI.8 (Kingussie and Insh)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
7. The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 400. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
8. "Newtonmore Railway Station Burned". Glasgow Herald. 22 April 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. The Buildings of Scotland, Highland and Islands. John Gifford. Yale University Press. 1992. ISBN 0-300-09625-9
10. "Fatal Railway Accident". Western Times. 3 August 1894. p. 8. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Killed on the Highland Line". Dundee Courier. 14 September 1900. p. 5. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 13 & 20. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
13. Macrae, Helen (10 December 1984). "Bid to get trains back at village". Aberdeen Press and Journal. p. 23. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.