Achterneed railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Achterneed
other_name=
code =


caption =
manager =
locale = Strathpeffer
borough = Highland
start =
platforms = 1
years = 19 August 1870
events = Station opens as Strathpeffer
years1 = 3 June 1885
events1 = Name changed to Achterneed
years2 = 7 December 1965
events2 = Station closes

Achterneed railway station was a railway station serving Strathpeffer on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, in Wester Ross, Scotland. Opened in 1870, the station was sited to the north of Strathpeffer between Dingwall and Garve. It was initially called Strathpeffer but the name was changed when the branch line to that town from Dingwall opened in 1885.

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.

The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0

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External links

* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Dingwall_and_Skye_Railway/frame.htm Dingwall and Skye Railway] - map of the line