Invershin railway station

Invershin National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Sin[1]
Location
Place Invershin
Local authority Highland
Coordinates 57°55′30″N 4°23′58″W / 57.9249°N 4.3995°W / 57.9249; -4.3995Coordinates: 57°55′30″N 4°23′58″W / 57.9249°N 4.3995°W / 57.9249; -4.3995
Grid reference NH579953
Operations
Station code INH
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 690
2013/14 Increase 790
2014/15 Decrease 486
2015/16 Increase 706
2016/17 Increase 826
History
Original company Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping LMSR
28 July 1874 Open
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Invershin from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line. It is 61 miles 34 chains (98.9 km) from Inverness, and has a single platform which is long enough for a four-coach train.[2]

It is extremely close to the previous station on the line, at Culrain, situated at the opposite side of Shin Viaduct (or 'Oykel Viaduct'), a major structure on the Far North line which crosses the Kyle of Sutherland at its narrowest point.

Shin Viaduct
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Culrain   Abellio ScotRail
Far North Line
  Lairg

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.
  2. Brailsford 2017, map 20A.


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