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]
Location | Brora, Highland Scotland |
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Coordinates | 58.0131°N 3.8523°W |
Grid reference | NC906041 |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | BRA |
History | |
Original company | Duke of Sutherland's Railway |
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
19 June 1871[2] | Opened |
Passengers | |
2015/16 | 5,524 |
2016/17 | 5,616 |
2017/18 | 5,994 |
2018/19 | 6,992 |
2019/20 | 6,354 |
Listed Building – Category C(S) | |
Designated | 23 July 1987 |
Reference no. | LB571[3] |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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.
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References
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt 1995, p. 46.
- "BRORA RAILWAY STATION AND FOOT BRIDGE". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Brailsford 2017, map 20B.
- Table 239 National Rail timetable, May 2016.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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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
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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.
- 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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