Alness railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Alness
other_name =
code = ASS


caption =
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Alness
borough = Highland
start =
platforms = 1
lowusage0405 = 6,950
lowusage0506 = 7,633
lowusage0607 = 9,822
latitude = 57.695
longitude = -4.246
original = Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
pregroup = Highland Railway
postgroup = LMSR
years = 28 July 1874
events = Station opens
years1 = 13 June 1960
events1 = Station closes
years2 = 7 May 1973
events2 = Station reopens| Alness railway station is a railway station, on the Far North Line, serving the village of Alness, on the Cromarty Firth, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station consists of one platform on the northern side of the railway, with only a small shelter available. The original station platforms can still be seen on both sides of the single line through the station.

The station is 46 km (28½ miles) north of Inverness on the Far North Line towards Wick.

History

Opened by the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, it became part of 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. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission, and remained so for 13 years. The station reopened in 1973, and then when Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980's was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Railways.

ervice

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service southbound to Inverness with three trains per day northbound to Wick.

Sundays there are usually two trains per day in each direction.

rail line
previous = Dingwall
next = Invergordon
route = First ScotRail
Far North Line
col = FF80C0rail line
previous = Evanton
"Line open; station closed"
next = Invergordon
"Line and station open" |route = Inverness and Ross-shire Railway

Highland Railway
col = HR colour
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References

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* [http://railscot.co.uk/Inverness_and_Ross-shire_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT article on Inverness and Ross-shire Railway]