Conon Bridge railway station

Conon Bridge
Location
Place	Conon Bridge
Area	Highland
Operations
Original company	Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	2
History
11 June 1862	Opened as Conon
13 June 1960	Closed
2012	Proposed re-opening as Conon Bridge
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Conon was a railway station built to serve the villages of Conon Bridge and Maryburgh in the Scottish Highlands.

History

The station is situated between Dingwall and Muir of Ord. The railway station was opened by Inverness and Ross-shire Railway on 11 June 1862 and closed on the 13 June 1960.

It was the junction with the partially constructed Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Muir of Ord		First ScotRail Far North Line Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Dingwall
	Historical railways
Muir of Ord		Highland Railway  Inverness and Ross-shire Railway		Dingwall
Alcaig		Highland Railway  Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway		Terminus

Proposed reopening

The station is projected to open by 2012 as Conon Bridge.

References

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. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.