Plockton railway station
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 now unstaffed.
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| General information | |
| Location | Plockton, Highland Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57.3336°N 5.6659°W |
| Grid reference | NG794329 |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | PLK |
| History | |
| Original company | Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| Key dates | |
| 2 November 1897[2] | 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 | |
| Designated | 16 December 1986 |
| Reference no. | LB6932[3] |
| Location | |
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| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station is 58 miles 22 chains (93.8 km) from Dingwall, and has a single platform which is long enough for a six-coach train.[4]
History
The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.[5]
The station building was built by the Highland Railway, and designed by engineer Murdoch Paterson. It was B-listed by Historic Scotland in 1986.[3] 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.[6]
The building was completely renovated during 2009/2010 and is now a privately owned self-catering holiday cottage.[7]
Services
Four trains each way call on weekdays/Saturdays and one each all year on Sundays, plus a second from May to late September only.[8]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Duncraig | ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line |
Duirinish | ||
References
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt 1995, p. 186.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Plockton Railway Station (Category B Listed Building) (LB6932)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- Brailsford 2017, map 22D.
- "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.
- McRae 1998, pp. 13 & 23.
- "Welcome to 'Off the Rails' at Plockton Station". Plockton Station. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 239
Sources
- 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. (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.
- McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
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