Rogart railway station

Rogart
Scottish Gaelic: Sgìre Raoird
Location
Place	Rogart
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	57°59′19″N 4°09′30″W / 57.9886°N 4.1584°WCoordinates: 57°59′19″N 4°09′30″W / 57.9886°N 4.1584°W
Grid reference	NC724019
Operations
Station code	ROG
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	1,633
2005/06	1,645
2006/07	1,356
2007/08	1,472
2008/09	1,538
2009/10	1,844
2010/11	1,456
2011/12	1,736
2012/13	1,662
2013/14	1,662
2014/15	1,522
History
13 July 1868	Opened as Rogart
13 June 1960	Closed
6 March 1961	Reopened
12 June 1961	Renamed Rogart Halt
?	Renamed Rogart
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rogart from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Rogart railway station is a railway station serving the Parish of Rogart and the village of Pittentrail in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line. Trains stop on request.

History

The Sutherland Railway opened between Bonar Bridge and Golspie on 13 April 1868.^[1] Among the intermediate stations was one at Rogart, which opened with the line.^[2] It is 77 miles 1 chain (123.9 km) from Inverness.^[3]

In common with six other stations north of Bonar Bridge (now Ardgay), the station at Rogart was closed on 13 June 1960 with the intention of making economies; but the cuts were seen as too drastic, and Rogart station alone was reopened on 6 March 1961.^[2][4] Three months later, on 12 June 1961, it was renamed Rogart Halt, but has since reverted to Rogart.^[2]

The station has a passing loop 28 chains (560 m) long, flanked by two platforms. That on the down (northbound) line can accommodate trains having five coaches, whereas the up (southbound) platform can hold six.^[3]

References

1. Vallance, Clinker & Lambert 1985, p. 35.
2. Butt 1995, p. 199.
3. Yonge 2007, fig. 20 section B.
4. Vallance, Clinker & Lambert 1985, pp. 161–2.

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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.
• Yonge, John (December 2007) [1987]. Jacobs, Gerald, ed. 1: Scotland & Isle of Man. Railway Track Diagrams (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6.