Fearn railway station
Fearn  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Hill of Fearn |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 57°46′41″N 3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°WCoordinates: 57°46′41″N 3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°W |
| Grid reference | NH815782 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FRN |
| 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* | |
| 2004/05 | 5,157 |
| 2005/06 |
 5,143 |
| 2006/07 |
 6,069 |
| 2007/08 |
5,581 |
| 2008/09 |
7,724 |
| 2009/10 |
6,790 |
| 2010/11 |
6,720 |
| 2011/12 |
7,818 |
| 2012/13 |
7,226 |
| 2013/14 |
6,606 |
| 2014/15 |
6,130 |
| History | |
| Original company | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway |
| 1 June 1864[1] | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fearn from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Fearn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Hill of Fearn in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated on the Far North Line and is also the nearest station to Balintore, Hilton and Shandwick (the Seaboard Villages), Portmahomack and the Nigg Bay area of Easter Ross. The railway through Fearn station is single track, the nearest passing loops being at Invergordon to the south and Tain to the west.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invergordon | Abellio ScotRail Far North Line |
Tain | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Nigg Line open; Station closed |
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Highland Railway |
Tain Line and station open | ||
References
Notes
Sources
- 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.
- 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.
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