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 158715 approaching the station in 2021 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Helmsdale, Highland Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 58°07′04″N 3°39′32″W / 58.1177°N 3.6590°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ND023155 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | HMS[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Duke of Sutherland's Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 19 June 1871 | Opened as terminus | ||||
| 28 July 1874 | Altered to through station | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  5,044 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 5,086 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  564 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 3,168 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 3,484 | ||||
Listed Building – Category B | |||||
| Designated | 23 July 1987 | ||||
| Reference no. | LB7184[3] | ||||
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Helmsdale railway station is a railway station serving the village of Helmsdale in the Highland council area, northern Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line, between Brora and Kildonan, 101 miles 40 chains (163.3 km) from Inverness.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "HELMSDALE RAILWAY STATION INCLUDING FOOTBRIDGE AND SIGNAL BOX". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ 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.