Muir of Ord railway station

Muir of Ord
Location
Place	Muir of Ord
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	57.518°N 4.461°W / 57.518; -4.461
Operations
Station code	MOO
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	24,365
2005/06 *	24,783
2006/07 *	32,573
2007/08 *	39,200
2008/09 *	51,104
2009/10 *	57,396
History
Original company	Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
11 June 1862	Opened
13 June 1960	Closed
4 October 1976	Reopened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Muir of Ord from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is the location of the sole remaining crossing loop on the single line between Dingwall and Inverness. To the north is the site of the proposed station of Conon Bridge.

History

Muir of Ord railway station was once the junction of a branch railway to Fortrose. Passenger services on the branch ceased on 1 October 1951, but the branch remained open until 13 June 1960.

After the railway bridge across the River Ness washed away in February 1989, isolating the entire network north of Inverness, Muir of Ord was chosen as the location for a temporary depot, from which the stranded rolling stock could operate the service to the highland communities which depended on the line.

Increased services have increased usage dramatically (see right).

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Beauly		First ScotRail Far North Line Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Dingwall
	Historical railways
Beauly		Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Highland Railway		Conon
Terminus		Fortrose Branch Highland Railway		Redcastle

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.