Culrain railway station

Culrain
Scottish Gaelic: Cul Raoin
Culrain station with students who have stayed at Carbisdale Castle waiting for the train (1996)
Location
Place	Culrain
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	57.919°N 4.404°W / 57.919; -4.404
Operations
Station code	CUA
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	2,016
2005/06 *	1,707
2006/07 *	1,771
2007/08 *	1,785
2008/09 *	1,886
2009/10 *	1,722
History
Original company	Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
1871	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Culrain from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Station nameboard now preserved at the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway

Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain on the Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. The railway line through Culrain is single track, with the nearest passing loop to the north being at Lairg and to the south at Ardgay.

The station is close to Carbisdale Castle, now operating as a youth hostel owned by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. Many passengers using Culrain station are visitors staying at the hostel.

Services

Timetable changes in December 2008 increased the number of trains through Culrain. On Mondays to Saturdays, there are four trains a day southbound to Inverness and three a day northbound to Wick. On Sundays there is one train in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ardgay		First ScotRail Far North Line		Invershin
	Historical railways
Ardgay Line and Station open		Highland Railway Sutherland Railway		Invershin Line and Station open

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. 
• "RAILSCOT on Sutherland Railway". http://www.railscot.co.uk/Sutherland_Railway/frame.htm.