Dalcross railway station


Dalcross was a railway station located at Dalcross, to the east of Inverness, Scotland. It opened in 1855 and closed in 1965. A new station in Dalcross was proposed in the early 21st century, and was projected to open in 2019, but has been set back to the 2020s.

Original station

The Inverness and Nairn Railway was formally opened on 5 November 1855, public services beginning the following day, and Dalcross was one of the four intermediate stations originally provided. In September 1925, the distances of the station were given as from Perth, and from Keith Junction.
Dalcross station closed on 3 May 1965, and the signal box closed on 12 March 1967. The station building remains however and is now a private residence. The level crossing at the eastern end of the station is now equipped with automatic half-barriers, and is from Perth.

Proposed new station

In June 2006 a proposal was announced to open a new station at Dalcross, which would serve Inverness Airport and also provide park-and-ride facilities for commuters to Inverness, relieving road congestion to the east of Inverness, and so helping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The proposal was still open in 2010, and it was specified that the station could have one platform on the north side of the line, long, enough for a six-carriage Class 170 train. The proposed location of the station was given as having an eastern end at an overbridge at , extending westward to. There was also the possibility of providing a passing loop, which could not extend further west than the level crossing; a second platform would be built on the south side of the loop. In February 2011, Keith Brown, the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure in the Scottish Government, stated that discussions on the proposed station were being held between Transport Scotland and Network Rail. A £170 million infrastructure upgrade project for the line, funded by Transport Scotland, was announced in 2014. Provision for station reopenings here and at Kintore were included in the plans, along with signalling & track improvements, relocation of the station at and platform extension works along the route.
The station was intended to open by 2019, but construction didn't start as expected in 2017, and the station is now expected to open in the first half of Network Rail's Control Period 6, which runs from 2019-2024.

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