Alness railway station

Alness

National Rail
General information
LocationAlness, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°41′40″N 4°14′59″W / 57.6944°N 4.2497°W / 57.6944; -4.2497
Grid referenceNH659694
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeASS[2]
History
Original companyInverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
23 May 1863Station opened
13 June 1960Station closed
7 May 1973Station reopened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 30,426
2019/20Decrease 27,050
2020/21Decrease 3,220
2021/22Increase 15,810
2022/23Increase 16,804
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Alness railway station is a railway station on the Far North Line, serving the town of Alness, on the Cromarty Firth, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is 28 miles 70 chains (46.5 km) from Inverness, between Dingwall and Invergordon.[3] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

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