Fortrose railway station
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Fortrose | |||
Location | |||
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Location | Fortrose | ||
Area | Ross and Cromarty | ||
Operations | |||
Original company | Fortrose Branch of the Highland Railway | ||
Pre-grouping | Highland | ||
History | |||
1 February 1894 | station opened | ||
1 October 1951 | Station closed to passengers | ||
13 October 1960 | Line closed | ||
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |||
Closed railway stations in Britain |
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Fortrose was the terminus of a single track branch of the Highland Railway, in north east Scotland. It connected villages in The Black Isle peninsula to the railway network via a junction at Muir of Ord.
Authorisation was obtained on 4 July 1890 to build a 15.75 mile (25 km) branch line from Muir of Ord to Rosemarkie; however the line never proceeded beyond Fortrose.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Other stations
- Muir of Ord - still open
- Redcastle
- Allangrange
- Munlochy
- Avoch
- Fortrose - town
[edit] Notes
- ^ Vallance, pages 44 - 45.
[edit] References
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Vallance, H.A. (1985). The Highland Railway. 4th Extended edition: extra material by C.R. Clinker and Anthony J. Lambert. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.