Culrain railway station

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General information
Other names	Scottish Gaelic: Cùil Rathain
Location	Highland
Coordinates	57.9196°N 4.4045°W / 57.9196; -4.4045
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	CUA
History
Original company	Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
1871	Opened

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. It is 61 miles 0 chains (98.2 km) from Inverness, and has a single platform which is long enough for a five-coach train. 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, which operated from 1945 to 2011 as a youth hostel owned by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. The hostel has been closed since 2011 as a result of structural damage. Following its sale to a consortium in 2016, planning permission was granted in 2017/2018 to turn the castle back into a private residence but now with swimming pool.

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 northbound to Wick. On Sundays, there is one train in each direction.

In December 2013 it became a request stop.

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

References

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

• "RAILSCOT on Sutherland Railway".