Rogart railway station

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General information
Other names	Template:Lang-gd
Location	Highland
Coordinates	57.9886°N 4.1584°W / 57.9886; -4.1584
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ROG
History
Original company	Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
Key dates
13 July 1868	Opened as Rogart
13 June 1960	Closed
6 March 1961	Reopened
12 June 1961	Renamed Rogart Halt
?	Renamed Rogart

Rogart railway station is a railway station serving the Parish of Rogart and the village of Pittentrail in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line. Trains stop on request.

History

The Sutherland Railway opened between Bonar Bridge and Golspie on 13 April 1868. Among the intermediate stations was one at Rogart, which opened with the line. It is 77 miles 1 chain (123.9 km) from Inverness.

In common with six other stations north of Bonar Bridge (now Ardgay), the station at Rogart was closed on 13 June 1960 with the intention of making economies; but the cuts were seen as too drastic, and Rogart station alone was reopened on 6 March 1961. Three months later, on 12 June 1961, it was renamed Rogart Halt, but has since reverted to Rogart.

The station has a passing loop 28 chains (560 m) long, flanked by two platforms. That on the down (northbound) line can accommodate trains having five coaches, whereas the up (southbound) platform can hold six.

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.
• Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-24-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Yonge, John (December 2007) [1987]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). 1: Scotland & Isle of Man. Railway Track Diagrams (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lairg		Abellio ScotRail Far North Line		Golspie
	Historical railways
Lairg Line and station open		Highland Railway Sutherland Railway		The Mound Line open, station closed