Carrbridge railway station

Carrbridge Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Chàrr
Carrbridge railway station, looking towards Inverness
General information
Location	Carrbridge, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	57.2794°N 3.8280°W / 57.2794; -3.8280
Grid reference	NH899224
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CAG
History
Original company	Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
8 July 1892	Opened as Carr Bridge
16 May 1983	Renamed as Carrbridge
Passengers
2015/16	6,898
2016/17	5,808
2017/18	6,064
2018/19	5,584
2019/20	5,474
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Carrbridge railway station serves the village of Carrbridge, Highland, Scotland. The railway station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line, 90 miles 0 chains (144.8 km) from Perth. It has a passing loop 30 chains (600 m) long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a thirteen-coach train.

History

See also: Rail accidents at Carrbridge

The station was opened on 8 July 1892 when the Highland Railway opened the line from Aviemore.

Services northbound started on 8 July 1897 when the line to Daviot was opened, the line through to Inverness opened on 1 November 1898.

The station was built with a passing loop on the otherwise single track railway, a signal box (automatic token-exchange apparatus was used) and several sidings on the north side of the line.

The station building is thought to be by the architect William Roberts, dating from 1898. A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1954 to 1965.

There have been two accidents at Carrbridge, one in 1914 and another in 2010.

Services 2020

As of 2020, There is 5 trains per day northbound departures to Inverness and 6 trains per day southbound trains to Perth, the latter continuing to either Glasgow Queen Street or Edinburgh. 4 trains call each way on Sundays, including the southbound Highland Chieftain to London King's Cross.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aviemore		London North Eastern Railway Sunday & Southbound Only East Coast Main Line		Inverness
Aviemore		Abellio ScotRail Highland Main Line		Inverness
	Historical railways
Aviemore Line and station open		Highland Railway Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway		Tomatin Line open; station closed

Gallery

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  View NW, towards Inverness (1986)
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  View SE, towards Aviemore and Perth (1986)
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  The station building (1990)

Facilities

The station has a car park but is not permanently staffed. Flowering shrubs on the platforms are tended by volunteers as part of an 'adopt a station' initiative.

Bibliography

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Gifford, John (1992). The Buildings of Scotland, Highland and Islands. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09625-9.
• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
• Thomas, John; Turnock, David (1989). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 15 The North of Scotland (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-03-8.

Further reading

• 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.