Duncraig railway station
Duncraig | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Other names | Scottish Gaelic: Dùn na Creige[1] |
| Location | Highland |
| Coordinates | 57°20′13″N 5°38′14″W / 57.3369°N 5.6372°W |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DCG |
| History | |
| Original company | Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| Key dates | |
| 1897[2] | Opened as Duncraig Platform |
| ?[2] | Closed |
| 23 May 1949[2] | Opened to the public |
| 10 September 1962[2] | Renamed |
| 7 December 1964[2] | Closed |
| 5 January 1976[2] | Reopened |
Duncraig railway station is a remote railway station by the shore of Loch Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving Duncraig Castle, a mansion near Plockton, in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. It was originally a private station, and features a unique little octagonal waiting room. The station is unstaffed and is a request stop.
The station is 57 miles 9 chains (91.9 km) from Dingwall, and has a single platform which is long enough for a two-coach train.[3]
History
The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.[4]
Duncraig was closed between 7 December 1964 and 5 January 1976;[2] it was reopened after local train drivers refused to acknowledge the station's closure for the intervening 11 years.[5]
The station is a Category B listed building.[6]
Services
2016 services
Monday to Saturday, Duncraig is served, by request, by four services each way between Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh. On Sundays, there are two services each way in summer, reducing to one each way in winter.[7]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stromeferry | Abellio ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line |
Plockton | ||
References
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b c d e f g Butt 1995, p. 85.
- ^ Brailsford 2017, map 22D.
- ^ "Railways in the Western Highlands. Opening of New Kyle Extension". Glasgow Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 3 November 1897. Retrieved 15 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Wills, Dixe (8 April 2014). "Stop the train, I want to get off: The magic of Britain's railway request stations". The Independent. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Duncraig Halt (Category B Listed Building) (LB44180)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 239 (Network Rail)
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) - Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985). The Highland Railway : The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands - Vol 2 (4th ed.). David St John Thomas. ISBN 0946537232.
- 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.
External links
Media related to Duncraig railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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- Beeching closures in Scotland
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- Railway request stops in Great Britain
- Listed railway stations in Scotland
- Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area)
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