Ardgay railway station

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General information
Location	Highland
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ARD
History
Original company	Inverness and Ross-shire Railway / Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
28 July 1874	Opened as Bonar Bridge
2 May 1977	Renamed as Ardgay

Ardgay railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ardgay in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 57¾ miles (93 km) north of Inverness, near Bonar Bridge. Ardgay station has a passing loop, the next loop to the south being at Tain and to the north, Lairg.

History

Opened on 1 October 1874 as Bonar Bridge by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, it became the meeting point of the Sutherland Railway and the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway. The station joined the Highland Railway, later becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923; it then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Ardgay on 2 May 1977.

When sectorisation was introduced by British Rail in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.

Today Ardgay is the termination point for some commuter services from Inverness. The southbound platform is twice the length of the northbound platform.

Services

Timetable changes in December 2008 increased the number of trains through Ardgay. On Mondays to Saturdays, there are seven trains a day southbound to Inverness and five a day northbound, four of which continue on to Wick. On Sundays, there is one train in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tain		Abellio ScotRail Far North Line		Culrain
	Historical railways
Line continues south		Sutherland Railway Highland Railway		Culrain Line and Station open
Mid Fearn Halt Line open; Station closed		Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Highland Railway		Line continues north

Sources

• 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.
• "Station on navigable O.S. map".
• "RAILSCOT on Sutherland Railway".
• "RAILSCOT on Inverness and Ross-shire Railway".