Tain railway station

Tain

Scottish Gaelic: Baile Dhubhthaich[1]
National Rail
The platforms at Tain station, looking southeast
General information
LocationTain, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°48′52″N 4°03′07″W / 57.8144°N 4.0519°W / 57.8144; -4.0519
Grid referenceNH781823
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeTAI[2]
History
Original companyInverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
1 June 1864[3]Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 28,036
2020/21Decrease 3,522
2021/22Increase 19,664
2022/23Decrease 19,606
2023/24Increase 23,672
Listed Building – Category B
Designated6 October 1978
Reference no.LB41910[4]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Tain railway station is an unstaffed railway station serving the area of Tain in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 44 miles 23 chains (71.3 km) from Inverness, between Fearn and Ardgay.[5] 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. 226.
  4. ^ "STATION ROAD RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 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.