Achnasheen railway station

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Achnasheen

Achadh na sine

Location

Place

Achnasheen

Local authority

Highland

Coordinates

57°34′45″N 5°04′19″W / 57.5792, -5.0720Coordinates: 57°34′45″N 5°04′19″W / 57.5792, -5.0720

Operations

Station code

ACN

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

2,379

2005/06 *

2,471

History

19 August 1870

Station opens

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Achnasheen from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

Achnasheen railway station is a remote station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Achnasheen in the north of Scotland.

It was once an important railhead, handling passengers, mail and freight bound for parts of Wester Ross, including Gairloch and the Loch Torridon area. All freight in this area now travels by road. The station building still serves as a postal distribution point, but the mail travels from Inverness by road. There are three trains a day in each direction (one on Sundays) stopping here, connecting Achnasheen with all stations between Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh, but these are lightly used.

[edit] History

The station was opened by the Dingwall and Skye Railway, but operated from the outset by the Highland Railway. Taken into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced the station became part of ScotRail.

[edit] References

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.