Kinbrace railway station
Kinbrace | |
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General information | |
Other names | Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Bhràiste[1] |
Location | Highland |
Coordinates | 58°15′31″N 3°56′28″W / 58.2585°N 3.9412°W |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Station code | KBC |
History | |
Opened | 28 July 1874 |
Original company | Sutherland and Caithness Railway |
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
28 July 1874 | Opened |
Kinbrace railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kinbrace in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. Trains stop on request.
History
Helmsdale had been linked to Inverness by rail in 1870. The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was formed in 1871 to carry the railway onward to Thurso and Wick, by a route which took it through Strath Ullie. The line opened on 28 July 1874[2] and included a station at Kinbrace.[3][4]
The station is 118 miles 20 chains (190.3 km) from Inverness, and has a single platform which is long enough for a four-coach train.[5]
Services
In the May 2019 timetable, there are four trains north to Wick via Thurso and three south to Inverness from Mon-Sat (if requested). There is a fourth Wick to Inverness service, but this is not advertised to stop at Kinbrace. There is a single train each way on Sundays.[6]
References
- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
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(help) - ^ "The Sunderland and Caithness Railway". The Scotsman. British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1874. Retrieved 14 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Brailsford 2017, map 20C.
- ^ "North Highlands Timetable" (PDF). ScotRail.
External links
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Kildonan | Abellio ScotRail Far North Line |
Forsinard | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Borrobol Platform Line open, station closed |
Highland Railway Sutherland and Caithness Railway |
Forsinard Line and station open |