Inverness railway station

Inverness

Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Nis[1]
National Rail
Inverness railway station (2006)
General information
LocationInverness, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°28′48″N 4°13′23″W / 57.4800°N 4.2230°W / 57.4800; -4.2230
Grid referenceNH667454
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byScotRail
Platforms7
Other information
Station codeINV[2]
IATA codeZIV
History
Original companyInverness and Nairn Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
5 November 1855Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 1.243 million
 Interchange Increase 61,433
2019/20Decrease 1.214 million
 Interchange Decrease 59,217
2020/21Decrease 0.232 million
 Interchange Decrease 9,422
2021/22Increase 0.753 million
 Interchange Increase 33,187
2022/23Increase 0.975 million
 Interchange Increase 38,939
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Inverness railway station serves the Scottish city of Inverness. It is the terminus of the Highland Main Line, the Aberdeen–Inverness line (of which the Inverness and Nairn Railway is now a part), the Kyle of Lochalsh line and the Far North Line.

The Aberdeen and Perth lines diverge at Millburn Junction a short distance beyond Welsh's Bridge. Platforms 1–4 are 118 mileschains (190.0 km) from Perth (measured via Carrbridge); Millburn Junction, 117 miles 37 chains (189.0 km) from Perth (or 143 miles 39 chains (230.9 km) via Dava). The station is the zero point for the Far North Line and platforms 5–7 are 2 chains (40 m) along this line; Rose Street Junction, 18 chains (360 m) along the line, is 118 miles 1 chain (189.9 km) from Perth.[3][4]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ 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. 99. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Gerald (2001). Railway Track Diagrams, Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man. Bradford-on-Avon: Trackmaps. pp. 18D.