Kinbrace railway station

Kinbrace National Rail
Location
Place Kinbrace
Local authority Highland
Coordinates 58°15′31″N 3°56′28″W / 58.2585°N 3.9412°W / 58.2585; -3.9412Coordinates: 58°15′31″N 3°56′28″W / 58.2585°N 3.9412°W / 58.2585; -3.9412
Grid reference NC862316
Operations
Station code KBC
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  518
2005/06 Increase 562
2006/07 Decrease 537
2007/08 Increase 737
2008/09 Increase 792
2009/10 Decrease 410
2010/11 Increase 448
2011/12 Increase 778
2012/13 Increase 1,090
2013/14 Increase 1,092
2014/15 Decrease 528
History
Key dates Opened 28 July 1874 (28 July 1874)
Original company Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
28 July 1874 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kinbrace from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Kinbrace railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kinbrace in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. Trains stop on request.

History

Helmsdale had been linked to Inverness by rail in 1870. The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was formed in 1871 to carry the railway onward to Thurso and Wick, by a route which took it through Strath Ullie. The line opened on 28 July 1874[1] and included a station at Kinbrace.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Sunderland and Caithness Railway". The Scotsman. British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1874. Retrieved 14 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.
  3. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kildonan   Abellio ScotRail
Far North Line		   Forsinard
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