Strathcarron railway station

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General information
Other names	Scottish Gaelic: Srath Carrann
Location	Highland
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	STC
Key dates
19 August 1870	Opened

Strathcarron railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the small village of Strathcarron and the larger village of Lochcarron in the Highlands, northern Scotland.

History

Strathcarron station, August 1980

The station was built by Murdoch Paterson between 1869 and 1870. The station was opened to passengers on 19 August 1870 by the Dingwall and Skye Railway. The lattice-girder footbridge was built by the Rose Street Foundry in 1900.

Current use

One of the Kyle line's three passing loops is located at the station (and trains are sometimes scheduled to cross here), though the Radio Electronic Token Block signalling system used is remotely supervised from Inverness. The Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) was installed by British Rail.

Four trains per day each way call at the station Mon-Sat, with two each way on summer Sundays and a single service each way on Sundays in the winter months.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Achnashellach		Abellio ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Attadale

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.