Duncraig railway station

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General information
Other names	Scottish Gaelic: Dùn na Creige
Location	Highland
Coordinates	57.3369°N 5.6372°W / 57.3369; -5.6372
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	Opened as Duncraig Platform
?	Closed
23 May 1949	Opened to the public
10 September 1962	Renamed
7 December 1964	Closed
5 January 1976	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.

History

The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.

Duncraig was closed between 7 December 1964 and 5 January 1976; it was reopened after local train drivers refused to acknowledge the station's closure for the intervening 11 years.

The station is a Category B listed building.

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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stromeferry		Abellio ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Plockton

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