- Conon Bridge railway station
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Conon Bridge Location Place Conon Bridge Area Highland Operations Original company Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Pre-grouping Highland Railway Post-grouping LMS Platforms 2 History 11 June 1862 Opened as Conon[1] 13 June 1960 Closed[1] 2012 Proposed re-opening as Conon Bridge[2][3] Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZConon was a railway station built to serve the villages of Conon Bridge and Maryburgh in the Scottish Highlands.
Contents
History
The station is situated between Dingwall and Muir of Ord. The railway station was opened by Inverness and Ross-shire Railway on 11 June 1862[1] and closed on the 13 June 1960.[1]
It was the junction with the partially constructed Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Muir of Ord First ScotRail
Far North Line
Kyle of Lochalsh LineDingwall Historical railways Muir of Ord Highland Railway
Dingwall Alcaig Highland Railway
Terminus Proposed reopening
The station is projected to open by 2012 as Conon Bridge.[2][3]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 67
- ^ a b "Hoisting the saltire high". Modern Railways (Ian Allan Publishings) 65 (721). October 2008.
- ^ a b "Railway link proposed for airport". BBC News. 2006-07-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/5187370.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
Sources
- 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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
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Categories:- Transport in Highland (council area)
- Disused railway stations in Highland (council area)
- Proposed railway stations in Scotland
- Former Highland Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1862
- Railway stations closed in 1960
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Scotland railway station stubs
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