Fearn railway station

Fearn National Rail
Location
Place Hill of Fearn
Local authority Highland
Coordinates 57°46′41″N 3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°W / 57.7780; -3.9940Coordinates: 57°46′41″N 3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°W / 57.7780; -3.9940
Grid reference NH815782
Operations
Station code FRN
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  5,157
2005/06 Decrease 5,143
2006/07 Increase 6,069
2007/08 Decrease 5,581
2008/09 Increase 7,724
2009/10 Decrease 6,790
2010/11 Decrease 6,720
2011/12 Increase 7,818
2012/13 Decrease 7,226
2013/14 Decrease 6,606
2014/15 Decrease 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.
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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

  1. Butt 1995, p. 95.

Sources

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