Georgemas Junction railway station

Georgemas Junction Scottish Gaelic: Snaidhm Georgemas[1]
The platform and freight terminal at Georgemas Junction, looking west
General information
Location	Georgemas, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	58°30′49″N 3°27′06″W / 58.5135°N 3.4518°W / 58.5135; -3.4518
Grid reference	ND155592
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	GGJ[2]
History
Original company	Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
Key dates
1874	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	1,576
2019/20	1,570
2020/21	234
2021/22	1,032
2022/23	1,318
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Georgemas Junction railway station is a railway station located in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves several rural hamlets in the historic county of Caithness, including Georgemas, Roadside and Banniskirk. It is also the nearest station to the village of Halkirk, which lies approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) west of the station.

Georgemas Junction is the penultimate station on the Far North Line from Inverness to Wick, 147 miles 22 chains (237 km) down the line from Inverness.^[3] Immediately to the west of the station lies a junction of the same name, where the branch to Thurso spurs off northwards; mileages on this branch are measured from the station.^[3] This junction is the northernmost railway junction in the United Kingdom.

The station has a single platform which is long enough to accommodate a six-carriage train.^[4] The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate the services at the station.