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_(geograph_2382619).jpg) Altnabreac railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Altnabreac, Highland Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 58°23′18″N 3°42′21″W / 58.3882°N 3.7059°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ND003456 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ABC[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Sutherland and Caithness Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMSR | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 28 July 1874 | Opened[3] | ||||
| 12 November 2023 | station temporarily closed | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  408 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 232 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 46 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  230 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 280 | ||||
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Altnabreac railway station (/ˌæltnəˈbrɛk/) is a rural railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. It serves the area of Altnabreac – a settlement in which the station itself is the main component – in the historic county of Caithness. The name Altnabreac derives from the Scots Gaelic Allt nam Breac, meaning "the stream of the trout".[4]
The station is on the Far North Line, 133 miles 76 chains (215.6 km) down the line from Inverness, situated between Forsinard and Scotscalder.[5] It has a single platform long enough to accommodate a four-carriage train. The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate all trains serving it. As of 12 November 2023, no services are calling at the station due to a dispute regarding the access surrounding the station.
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Butt (1995), page 15
- ^ "OS1/33/1/135 | ScotlandsPlaces". scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ 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. 103. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.