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Fearn railway station

Coordinates: 57°46′41″N 3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°W / 57.7780; -3.9940
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Fearn
General information
Other namesScottish Gaelic: Manachainn Rois[1]
LocationHighland
Coordinates57°46′41″N 3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°W / 57.7780; -3.9940
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeFRN
History
Original companyInverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
1 June 1864[2]Opened

Fearn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Hill of Fearn in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated on the Far North Line and is also the nearest station to Balintore, Hilton and Shandwick (the Seaboard Villages), Portmahomack and the Nigg Bay area of Easter Ross. The railway through Fearn station is single track, the nearest passing loops being at Invergordon to the south and Tain to the west. The station is 40 miles 60 chains (65.6 km) from Inverness, and has a single platform which is long enough for a seven-coach train.[3]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Invergordon   Abellio ScotRail
Far North Line
  Tain
  Historical railways  
Nigg
Line open; Station closed
  Highland Railway
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
  Tain
Line and station open

References

Notes

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 95.
  3. ^ Brailsford 2017, map 18D.

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.
  • 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.