Forsinard railway station


Forsinard railway station is a railway station serving the village of Forsinard in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line.

History

The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was authorised in 1871, and the single-track line, which connected with and, opened on 28 July 1874. One of the original stations was that at Forsinard.
From 1 January 1923 the station was owned by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. In September 1925, it was recorded as being from Perth, measured via and Inverness station. The station is from Inverness, and has a passing loop long, flanked by two platforms. Platform 1 on the up line can accommodate trains having four coaches, but platform 2 on the down line can only hold three.
The station building is now used by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds as the visitors' centre for the Forsinard Flows National Nature Reserve.

Services

There are four departures per day in each direction, southbound to and and northbound to via. One train per day each way calls on Sundays.

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