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Strathcarron railway station is a 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 small village of Strathcarron and the larger village of

Lochcarron Lochcarron ( gd, Loch Carrann) is a village, community and civil parish in the Wester Ross area of Highland, Scotland. It has a population of 923. Locality The name Lochcarron is also applied to the collection of small settlements strung out al ...

in the

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, northern

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. The station is from , between

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and Attadale.

, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

The station was built by

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 ...

between 1869 and 1870. The station was opened to passengers on 19 August 1870 by the

. The lattice-girder footbridge was built by the Rose Street Foundry in 1900.

Facilities

Both platforms have waiting rooms and benches, and platform one - which is adjacent to the car park - also has a help point. Both platforms have step-free access, although the footbridge does not. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Platform layout

The station has a

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long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a three-coach train. One of the Kyle line's three passing loops is located at the station (and trains are sometimes scheduled to cross here), though the

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signalling system used is remotely supervised from . The Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) was installed by

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Passenger volume

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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 winter.eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219

References

Bibliography

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External links

Video footage of the station on YouTube
Railway stations in Highland (council area) Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870 Former Highland Railway stations {{Highland-railstation-stub