Ardgay railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Ardgay |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 57°52′51″N 4°21′41″W / 57.8809°N 4.3613°WCoordinates: 57°52′51″N 4°21′41″W / 57.8809°N 4.3613°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ARD |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 2,297 |
| 2005/06 * | 3,067 |
| 2006/07 * | 3,964 |
| 2007/08 * | 5,851 |
| History | |
| Original company | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway / Sutherland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| 28 July 1874 | Opened as Bonar Bridge |
| 2 May 1977 | Renamed as Ardgay |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ardgay from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Ardgay railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ardgay in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 93 km (57¾ miles) north of Inverness, near Bonar Bridge. Ardgay station has a passing loop, the next loop to the south being at Tain and to the north, Lairg.
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[edit] History
Opened in 1874, and becoming the meeting point of the Sutherland Railway and the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, the station joined the Highland Railway. Becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, it then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Railways.
Today Ardgay is the termination point for some commuter services from Inverness. The southbound platform is twice the length of the northbound platform.
[edit] Service
[edit] 2008
Timetable changes in December 2008 increased the number of trains through Ardgay. On Mondays to Saturdays, there are seven trains a day southbound to Inverness and five a day northbound, four of which continue on to Wick. On Sundays there is one train in each direction.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Tain | First ScotRail Far North Line |
Culrain | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Line continues south | Sutherland Railway |
Culrain Line and Station open |
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| Mid Fearn Halt Line open; Station closed |
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway |
Line continues north | ||
[edit] Sources
- 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Station on navigable O.S. map.
- RAILSCOT on Sutherland Railway
- RAILSCOT on Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
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