Duirinish railway station

Duirinish

Scottish Gaelic: Diùranais[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationDuirinish, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°19′12″N 5°41′29″W / 57.3199°N 5.6915°W / 57.3199; -5.6915
Grid referenceNG777314
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeDRN[2]
History
Original companyDingwall and Skye Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
2 November 1897Opened[3]
Passengers
2019/20Increase 878
2020/21Decrease 156
2021/22Increase 554
2022/23Increase 614
2023/24Increase 812
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Duirinish railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line near the settlement of Duirinish in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is approximately 2 miles (3 km) inland of Scotland's west coast, near Loch Lundie. The station is 59 miles 58 chains (96.1 km) from Dingwall, between Kyle of Lochalsh and Plockton.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services here.

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Butt (1995), p. 84
  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. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.