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Plockton railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Plockton in the Highlands, north-west Scotland. The station is 58 miles 22 chains (93.8 km) from Dingwall, between Duncraig and Duirinish.[5] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services here.

Plockton

Scottish Gaelic: Am Ploc[1]
General information
LocationPlockton, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57.3336°N 5.6659°W / 57.3336; -5.6659
Grid referenceNG794329
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codePLK[2]
History
Original companyHighland Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
2 November 1897[3]Opened
Passengers
2016/17 9,998
2017/18 10,592
2018/19 11,482
2019/20 11,616
2020/21 1,784
Listed Building – Category B
Designated16 December 1986
Reference no.LB6932[4]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History


The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.[6]

The station building was built by the Highland Railway, and designed by engineer Murdoch Paterson. It was B-listed by Historic Scotland in 1986.[4] A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1956 to 1964, for the last two years a Pullman camping coach was used.[7]

The building was completely renovated during 2009/2010 and is now a privately owned self-catering holiday cottage.[8]


Facilities


The station building
The station building

The only facilities at the station are a car park, a help point, a bench and bike racks. The station has step-free access.[9] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.


Passenger volume


Passenger Volume at Plockton[10]
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 7,960 8,934 7,992 8,295 8,605 9,230 10,716 11,186 13,038 12,886 13,876 12,826 11,574 9,998 10,592 11,482 11,616 1,784

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.


Services


Four trains each way call on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is only one train each way, plus a second from May to late September only.[11][12]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Duncraig   ScotRail
Kyle of Lochalsh Line
  Duirinish

References


  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. Butt 1995, p. 186.
  4. Historic Environment Scotland. "Plockton Railway Station (Category B Listed Building) (LB6932)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. 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. pp. .page. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  6. "Railways in the Western Highlands. Opening of New Kyle Extension". Glasgow Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 3 November 1897. Retrieved 15 August 2016 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. McRae 1998, pp. 13 & 23.
  8. "Welcome to 'Off the Rails' at Plockton Station". Plockton Station. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  9. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  10. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  11. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 219
  12. eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219

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