Fearn railway station

Fearn

Scottish Gaelic: Manachainn Rois[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationHill of Fearn, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°46′41″N 3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°W / 57.7780; -3.9940
Grid referenceNH815782
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeFRN[2]
History
Original companyInverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
1 June 1864[3]Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 4,182
2020/21Decrease 850
2021/22Increase 2,980
2022/23Increase 3,754
2023/24Increase 4,062
Listed Building – Category B
Designated6 October 1978
Reference no.LB7782[4]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Fearn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Hill of Fearn in the Highland council area of Scotland, located around 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from the village. It is situated on the Far North Line, 40 miles 60 chains (65.6 km) form Inverness, between Tain and Invergordon,[5] and is also the nearest station to Balintore, Hilton and Shandwick (the Seaboard Villages), Portmahomack and the Nigg Bay area of Easter Ross. 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. ^ Butt 1995, p. 95.
  4. ^ "FEARN RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. ^ 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. 102. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.