Kinbrace railway station

Kinbrace
Location
Place Kinbrace
Local authority Highland
Grid reference NC862316
Operations
Station code KBC
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   518
2005/06 * 562
2006/07 * 537
2007/08 * 737
2008/09 * 792
2009/10 * 410
History
Opened 28 July 1874 (28 July 1874)
History
Original company Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
28 July 1874 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kinbrace from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Kinbrace railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kinbrace in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line.

History

Helmsdale had been linked to Inverness by rail in 1870. The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was formed in 1871 to carry the railway onward to Thurso and Wick, by a route which took it through Strath Ullie. The line opened on 28 July 1874, and included a station at Kinbrace.[1][2]

The Far North Line between Inverness, Wick, Georgemas Junction and Thurso was listed for closure in the Beeching Report; among the stations listed for closure was Kinbrace,[3] but the plans to close the line through Kinbrace were never enacted.

References

  1. ^ Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0 946537 24 0. 
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
  3. ^ Beeching, Richard (27 March 1963). The Reshaping of British Railways Part 1: Report. London: HMSO. pp. 103,124. http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=13. Retrieved 17 June 2010. 
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kildonan   First ScotRail
Far North Line		   Forsinard