Duirinish railway station
Duirinish  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Diuirinis | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Duirinish |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 57°19′12″N 5°41′29″W / 57.3199°N 5.6915°WCoordinates: 57°19′12″N 5°41′29″W / 57.3199°N 5.6915°W |
| Grid reference | NG777314 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DRN |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 808 |
| 2011/12 |
 702 |
| 2012/13 |
804 |
| 2013/14 |
970 |
| 2014/15 |
1,048 |
| History | |
| Original company | Dingwall and Skye Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 2 November 1897 | Opened[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Duirinish from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Duirinish railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line near the settlement of Duirinish in the Highlands, northern Scotland. Duirinish is two miles inland of Scotland's west coast, near Loch Lundie.
Services
Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays/Saturdays and one each all year on Sundays, plus a second from May to late September only.[2]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plockton | Abellio ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line |
Kyle of Lochalsh | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Plockton | Highland Railway Dingwall and Skye Railway |
Kyle of Lochalsh | ||
References
Notes
Sources
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Dingwall and Skye Railway
- RAILSCOT on Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway)
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