railroad.wikisort.org - Station

Golspie railway station is a railway station serving the village of Golspie in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is on the Far North Line, situated between Rogart and Dunrobin Castle, 84 miles 30 chains (135.8 km) from Inverness.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

Golspie Scottish Gaelic: Goillspidh[1]
General information
Location	Golspie, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	57.9712°N 3.9874°W / 57.9712; -3.9874
Grid reference	NH825997
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	GOL[2]
History
Original company	Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
13 April 1868 (1868-04-13)	Opened as terminus
19 June 1871	Line extended to Helmsdale
Passengers
2016/17	5,718
2017/18	5,786
2018/19	6,150
2019/20	5,586
2020/21	576
Listed Building – Category B
Designated	7 March 1984
Reference no.	LB7009[3]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

It was designed with a combined post office by the architect William Fowler,[5] and opened on 13 April 1868. Originally, it was the northern terminus of the Sutherland Railway, which had been intended to continue to Brora but had run out of money after reaching Golspie. The Duke of Sutherland used his own personal finances to build the line onwards through Brora to Helmsdale, this being the Duke of Sutherland's Railway, completed on 19 June 1871.[6][7][8]

The station formerly had two platforms and a passing loop. One platform remains in use and the loop has been lifted. The station building is in an excellent state of repair following recent renovation.

The former goods yard is to the south of the station. The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1935 to 1939.[9] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1957 to 1959 and 1964, no coaches were at the station in 1960 and 1961, then a Pullman camping coach was here in 1962, 1963 and 1965 and finally two ordinary coaches were here in 1966 and 1967.[10]

Golspie Station House which sits on the unmanned platform was converted in 2002/2003 to a four bedroom home.

The 'Golspie North' and 'Golspie South' signal boxes are demolished.

Facilities

The station has one platform, with a small car park, a waiting shelter, bike racks and a help point. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.[11]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Golspie[12]

	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	7,032	7,530	7,429	6,956	7,587	9,154	8,486	8,092	6,852	7,550	7,788	6,770	5,192	5,718	5,786	6,150	5,586	576

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

On weekdays and Saturdays, there are 4 trains each way (i.e., 4 to Inverness and 4 to Wick). On Sundays, this drops to just one in each direction.[13]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rogart		ScotRail Far North Line		Dunrobin Castle or Brora
	Historical railways
The Mound Line open, station closed		Highland Railway Sutherland Railway Duke of Sutherland's Railway		Dunrobin Castle Line and station open

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Golspie railway station from National Rail

---