Muir of Ord railway station

Muir of Ord

Scottish Gaelic: Am Blàr Dubh[1]
National Rail
The view south from the station in 2015
General information
LocationMuir of Ord, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°31′03″N 4°27′37″W / 57.5175°N 4.4602°W / 57.5175; -4.4602
Grid referenceNH527501
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMOO[2]
History
Original companyInverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
11 June 1862Opened[3]
13 June 1960Closed
4 October 1976Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 67,554
2019/20Increase 70,850
2020/21Decrease 13,556
2021/22Increase 41,230
2022/23Increase 47,688
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is 13 mileschains (13.05 mi; 21.0 km) from Inverness, between Beauly and Conon Bridge, and is the location of the sole remaining passing loop on the single line between Dingwall and Inverness.[4]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Butt (1995)
  4. ^ 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.