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Plockton Plockton ( gd, Am Ploc/Ploc Loch Aillse) is a village in the Lochalsh, Wester Ross area of the Scottish Highlands with a 2020 population of 468. Plockton settlement is on the shores of Loch Carron. It faces east away from the prevailing winds, a ...

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

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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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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

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. The station is from , between Duncraig and Duirinish.

, who manage the station, operate all services here.

History

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

, and designed by engineer

Murdoch Paterson Murdoch Paterson (September 1826 – 9 August 1898) was an engineer and architect based in Inverness, Scotland, who was chief engineer of the Highland Railway. Background He was born in September 1826, one of five sons of Donald Paterson (177 ...

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Historic Scotland Historic Scotland ( gd, Alba Aosmhor) was an executive agency of the Scottish Office and later the Scottish Government from 1991 to 2015, responsible for safeguarding Scotland's built heritage, and promoting its understanding and enjoyment. ...

in 1986. A

camping coach Camping coaches were holiday accommodation offered by many railway companies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from the 1930s. The coaches were old passenger vehicles no longer suitable for use in trains, which were converted to ...

was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1956 to 1964, for the last two years a ''Pullman'' camping coach was used. The building was completely renovated during 2009/2010 and is now a privately owned self-catering holiday cottage.

Facilities

The only facilities at the station are a car park, a help point, a bench and bike racks. The station has step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Four trains each way call on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is only one train each way, plus a second from May to late September only.eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219

References

Bibliography

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External links

Video footage of the station on YouTube
Plockton Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area) Railway stations in Highland (council area) Railway stations served by ScotRail Listed railway stations in Scotland Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1897 Former Highland Railway stations {{Highland-railstation-stub