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Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. It is 61 miles 0 chains (98.2 km) from Inverness, between Ardgay and Invershin.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

Culrain

Scottish Gaelic: Cùil Rathain[1]
The platform at Culrain, looking north
General information
LocationCulrain, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57.9196°N 4.4045°W / 57.9196; -4.4045
Grid referenceNH576947
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeCUA[2]
History
Original companySutherland Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
1871[3]Opened
Passengers
2016/17 372
2017/18 300
2018/19 280
2019/20 312
2020/21 42
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History


Station nameboard now preserved at the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway
Station nameboard now preserved at the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway

The station opened in 1871, as part of the Sutherland Railway, later becoming part of the Highland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

The original nameboard is now preserved at the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway, in Kent (see left).


Location


The station is close to Carbisdale Castle, which operated from 1945 to 2011 as a youth hostel owned by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. The hostel has been closed since 2011 as a result of structural damage. Following its sale to a consortium in 2016,[5] planning permission was granted in 2017/2018 to turn the castle back into a private residence but now with swimming pool.[6]


Facilities


The station has a waiting shelter, a bench, a help point and cycle racks, and has step-free access.[7] 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 single platform which is long enough for a five-coach train. The railway line through Culrain is single track, with the nearest passing loop to the north being at Lairg and to the south at Ardgay.[4][8]


Passenger volume


In the last few years, Culrain has generally seen falling passenger numbers, as shown below.

Passenger Volume at Culrain[9]
  2002-03 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Entries and exits 1,756 2,016 1,707 1,771 1,785 1,886 1,722 1,708 526 474 628 530 432 372 300 280 312 42

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.


Services


On Mondays to Saturdays, there are four trains a day southbound to Inverness and four northbound to Wick. On Sundays, there is one train in each direction.[10] In December 2013 it became a request stop.[11]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Ardgay   ScotRail
Far North Line
  Invershin
  Historical railways  
Bonar Bridge
Line and Station open
  Highland Railway
Sutherland Railway
  Invershin
Line and Station open

References


  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. Butt 1995, p. 74.
  4. Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  5. "Buyer found for Carbisdale Castle". BBC News. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. Butlin, Heather. "Planning permission". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  8. Brailsford 2017, map 20D.
  9. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219
  11. "Expanded train services from December 2013". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.

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