Duirinish railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Duirinish, Highland Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°19′12″N 5°41′29″W / 57.3199°N 5.6915°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NG777314 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | DRN[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Dingwall and Skye Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 2 November 1897 | Opened[3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  878 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  156 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 554 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 614 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 812 | ||||
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Duirinish railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line near the settlement of Duirinish in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is approximately 2 miles (3 km) inland of Scotland's west coast, near Loch Lundie. The station is 59 miles 58 chains (96.1 km) from Dingwall, between Kyle of Lochalsh and Plockton.[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services here.
History
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The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.[5]
Facilities
[edit]Facilities here, like many other stations on the line, are incredibly basic, consisting just of a shelter, a help point, some bike racks and a bench, although the station does have step-free access.[6] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Passenger volume
[edit]| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 519 | 601 | 608 | 841 | 801 | 742 | 620 | 808 | 702 | 804 | 970 | 1,048 | 1,064 | 930 | 918 | 856 | 878 | 156 | 554 | 614 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
[edit]Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is only one train each way, plus a second from May to late September only.[8][9]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Plockton | ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line |
Kyle of Lochalsh | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Plockton Line and station open |
Highland Railway Kyle of Lochalsh Extension |
Kyle of Lochalsh Line and station open | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Butt (1995), p. 84
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
- ^ "Railways in the Western Highlands. Opening of New Kyle Extension". Glasgow Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 3 November 1897. Retrieved 15 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 239
- ^ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219
Bibliography
[edit]- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Duirinish railway station from National Rail
- RAILSCOT on Dingwall and Skye Railway
- RAILSCOT on Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway)
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