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Achanalt Achanalt (Gaelic: ''Achadh nan Allt'') is a railway halt in Strath Bran, Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is served by a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. History ...

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ScotRail ScotRail Trains Limited, trading as ScotRail ( gd, Rèile na h-Alba), is a Scottish train operating company that is publicly owned by Scottish Rail Holdings on behalf of the Scottish Government. It has been operating the ScotRail franchise a ...

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Highland Railway The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller United Kingdom, British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station, Scotland, Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north of Britain. Base ...

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Achanalt railway station is a geographically remote

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of

in the north of

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. The station is from , between Lochluichart and

Achnasheen Achnasheen (Gaelic ''Achadh na Sìne'') is a small village in Ross-shire in the Highland council area of Scotland. The village is situated on the River Bran at the junction of two roads built by Thomas Telford. Despite the size of the village, ...

, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

The station was opened by the

on 19 August 1870, but operated from the outset by the

. It may have originally been known as Achanault, prior to 1877.

Facilities

Facilities here, as with many other stations down the line, are minimal, comprising just a shelter, some bike racks and a small car park. The station is step-free to the car park. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

For the 2021-22 figures, Achanalt was named as one of nine stations which had less than one passenger per day, although this can be said of most of the annual figures for the station. The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays/Saturdays, and one each way all year on Sundays, plus a second from May to late September only.eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219

References

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External links

Station on navigable O.S. map

Railway stations in Highland (council area) Former Highland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870 Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway request stops in Great Britain Low usage railway stations in the United Kingdom {{Highland-railstation-stub