Brora railway station

Brora National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Brùra[1]
Location
Place Brora
Local authority Highland
Coordinates 58°00′47″N 3°51′08″W / 58.0131°N 3.8523°W / 58.0131; -3.8523Coordinates: 58°00′47″N 3°51′08″W / 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
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 5,556
2013/14 Increase 6,380
2014/15 Decrease 5,616
2015/16 Decrease 5,524
2016/17 Increase 5,616
History
Original company Duke of Sutherland's Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
19 June 1871[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 Brora from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

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.[3]

Services

There are four departures each weekday & Saturday and one each way on a Sunday.[4] Trains run northbound to Wick via Thurso and southbound to Lairg, Dingwall and Inverness.

References

  1. ↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 46.
  3. ↑ Brailsford 2017, map 20B.
  4. ↑ 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.
  • 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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