Lochluichart railway station

Lochluichart National Rail
Location
Place Lochluichart
Local authority Highland
Coordinates 57°37′18″N 4°48′33″W / 57.6218°N 4.8091°W / 57.6218; -4.8091Coordinates: 57°37′18″N 4°48′33″W / 57.6218°N 4.8091°W / 57.6218; -4.8091
Grid reference NH323625
Operations
Station code LCC
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  171
2005/06 Increase 306
2006/07 Decrease 267
2007/08 Increase 440
2008/09 Decrease 218
2009/10 Increase 392
2010/11 Decrease 324
2011/12 Increase 442
2012/13 Increase 400
2013/14 Increase 612
2014/15 Decrease 482
History
Original company Dingwall and Skye Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping LMS
1 August 1871 Opened as Lochluichart High[1]
3 May 1954 Resited and renamed as 'Lochluichart[1]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lochluichart from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Lochluichart railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Lochluichart in the north of Scotland. Lochluichart is located at the north edge of Loch Luichart.

History

The station was opened as Lochluichart High[1] by the Dingwall and Skye Railway on 1 August 1871. On 3 May 1954 a new station was opened as Lochluichart[1] as a result of a hydro electric scheme raising the level of Loch Luichart, constructed of red sandstone. The deviation required about 2-mile (3.2 km) on stone-pitched embankments and in rock cuttings, a 100-foot (30 m) bridge over the River Conon and a 36-foot (11 m) bridge.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Garve   Abellio ScotRail
Kyle of Lochalsh Line		   Achanalt
Historical railways
Garve   Highland Railway
Dingwall and Skye Railway
   Achanalt

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 147
  2. ↑ Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (June 1954). "Re-Siting of Lochluichart Station". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 100 no. 638 (Westminster: Tothill Press). p. 432.

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