Conon Bridge railway station

Conon Bridge

Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Sguideil[citation needed]
National Rail
The platform at Conon Bridge, looking south
General information
LocationConon Bridge, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°33′42″N 4°26′25″W / 57.5617°N 4.4404°W / 57.5617; -4.4404
Grid referenceNH540550
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeCBD[1]
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyInverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
11 June 1862Opened as Conon[2]
13 June 1960Closed[2]
8 February 2013Reopened as Conon Bridge
Passengers
2018/19Increase 17,530
2019/20Increase 18,022
2020/21Decrease 2,598
2021/22Increase 9,212
2022/23Increase 10,898
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Conon Bridge is a railway station on the Far North and Kyle of Lochalsh Lines, which serves the villages of Conon Bridge and Maryburgh in the Scottish Highlands. Initially known as Conon, it originally closed in 1960 and reopened on 8 February 2013. The station is 16 miles 21 chains (26.2 km) from Inverness, between Muir of Ord and Dingwall.[3]

  1. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 67
  3. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.