Duncraig railway station

Duncraig

Scottish Gaelic: Dùn na Creige[1]
National Rail
The platform alongside Loch Carron, looking northeast
General information
LocationDuncraig Castle, near Plockton, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°20′13″N 5°38′14″W / 57.3369°N 5.6372°W / 57.3369; -5.6372
Grid referenceNG812332
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeDCG[2]
History
Original companyHighland Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
1897[3]Opened as private station Duncraig Platform
23 May 1949[3]Opened to the public
10 September 1962[3]Renamed
7 December 1964[3]Closed
5 January 1976[3]Reopened
Passengers
2019/20Increase 500
2020/21Decrease 30
2021/22Increase 376
2022/23Increase 462
2023/24Decrease 448
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Duncraig railway station is a remote railway station by the shore of Loch Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, originally (privately) serving Duncraig Castle, a mansion near Plockton, in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. The station is 57 mileschains (91.9 km) from Dingwall, between Stromeferry and Plockton.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services at the station.

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e Butt 1995, p. 85.
  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.