Lochluichart railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Lochluichart in the north of Scotland. The station is located at the north edge of Loch Luichart, 17 miles 20 chains (27.8 km) from Dingwall, between Garve and Achanalt.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

Lochluichart Scottish Gaelic: Loch Laoicheart[1]
General information
Location	Lochluichart, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	57.6218°N 4.8091°W / 57.6218; -4.8091
Grid reference	NH323625
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	LCC[2]
History
Original company	Dingwall and Skye Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 August 1871	Opened as Lochluichart High[3]
3 May 1954	Resited and renamed as 'Lochluichart[3]
Passengers
2016/17	532
2017/18	632
2018/19	180
2019/20	198
2020/21	24
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened as Lochluichart High[3] by the Dingwall and Skye Railway on 1 August 1871 as a private station for Lady Ashburton on the Lochluichart Estate. Became a public station by 1887.[5]

In 1949 Lochluichart was planned to be relocated to allow the flooding of the area by the Glascarnoch-Luichart-Torr Achilty hydroelectric scheme.[6] On 3 May 1954 a new station was opened as Lochluichart[3] as a result of a hydro electric scheme raising the level of Loch Luichart, constructed of red sandstone. The deviation required about 2-mile (3.2 km) on stone-pitched embankments and in rock cuttings, a 100-foot (30 m) bridge over the River Conon and a 36-foot (11 m) bridge.[7]

Facilities

Facilities are incredibly basic, comprising just a shelter, a help point and a small car park. The station is step-free.[8] 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 request) on weekdays/Saturdays and one each way all year on Sundays, plus a second from May to late September only.[10][11]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Garve		ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Achanalt
	Historical railways
Garve		Highland Railway Dingwall and Skye Railway		Achanalt

References

Bibliography

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lochluichart railway station.

• "Lochluichart station on navigable O.S. map".
• "Dingwall and Skye Railway". RailScot. Retrieved 2 February 2011.

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