Ardgay railway station
Ardgay  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Ardgay |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 57°52′54″N 4°21′44″W / 57.8816°N 4.3622°WCoordinates: 57°52′54″N 4°21′44″W / 57.8816°N 4.3622°W |
| Grid reference | NH600904 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ARD |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 8,890 |
| 2012/13 |
 8,108 |
| 2013/14 |
8,806 |
| 2014/15 |
8,416 |
| 2015/16 |
6,732 |
| History | |
| Original company | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway / Sutherland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| 1 October 1864 | Opened as Bonar Bridge |
| 2 May 1977 | Renamed as Ardgay |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ardgay from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Ardgay railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ardgay in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 57¾ miles (93 km) north of Inverness, near Bonar Bridge. Ardgay station has a passing loop, the next loop to the south being at Tain and to the north, Lairg.
History
Opened on 1 October 1864 as Bonar Bridge by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway,[1] it became the meeting point of the Sutherland Railway and the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway. The station joined the Highland Railway, later becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923; it then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Ardgay on 2 May 1977.
When sectorisation was introduced by British Rail in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.
Today Ardgay is the termination point for some commuter services from Inverness. The southbound platform is twice the length of the northbound platform.
Services
Timetable changes in December 2008 increased the number of trains through Ardgay. On Mondays to Saturdays, there are seven trains a day southbound to Inverness and five a day northbound, four of which continue on to Wick (the other terminates here). On Sundays, there is one train in each direction.[2]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Tain | Abellio ScotRail Far North Line |
Culrain | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Line continues south | Sutherland Railway Highland Railway |
Culrain Line and Station open | ||
| Mid Fearn Halt Line open; Station closed |
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Highland Railway |
Line continues north | ||
References
- ↑ "Inverness and Aberdeen Junction". London Evening Standard. England. 6 October 1864. Retrieved 20 July 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Table 239 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- 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.
- 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- "Station on navigable O.S. map".
- "RAILSCOT on Sutherland Railway".
- "RAILSCOT on Inverness and Ross-shire Railway".
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