Dingwall railway station

Dingwall
Inbhirpheofharain
Dingwall station
Location
Place	Dingwall
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	57°35′39″N 4°25′22″W / 57.5941°N 4.4228°W / 57.5941; -4.4228Coordinates: 57°35′39″N 4°25′22″W / 57.5941°N 4.4228°W / 57.5941; -4.4228
Operations
Station code	DIN
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	34,898
2005/06 *	43,508
2006/07 *	55,034
2007/08 *	64,404
2008/09 *	72,086
2009/10 *	80,324
History
Original company	Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
11 June 1862[1]	Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dingwall from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Dingwall Station in 1957

Dingwall railway station serves Dingwall, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located just south of the junction of the Far North Line and the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, and is served by First ScotRail. To the south is the proposed station of Conon Bridge. A recent increase of services has increased usage dramatically (see figures right).

History

The station was built by the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway (I&RR) and opened on 11 June 1862 when the company's line was opened from Inverness to Dingwall. The extension to Invergordon came on 23 March 1863. The I&RR was consolidated with the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway on 30 June 1862. The operating name became the Highland Railway (HR) on 29 June 1865. The HR became a constituent of the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) in 1923.^[2]

The main passenger services through the station were to Wick and Thurso and to Kyle of Lochalsh. Between 1885 and 1946 there was a branch line service to Strathpeffer.^[3]

The Highland Railway built a small steam locomotive shed near the station and this continued in use by the LMSR and British Railways until closure at the end of steam locomotive operations in the area in the early 1960s. It was a sub-shed of the large Inverness facility.^[4]

Station signage

The town's name in Scottish Gaelic is Inbhir Pheofharain;^[5] however, the Gaelic on the station sign reads Inbhirpheofharain (incorrectly written as one word). Transport Scotland has acknowledged the error and indicated that the correct signage will be erected during 2014.^{[citation needed]}

New annunciator LED screens have been installed on both platforms, giving information on the next three trains to arrive, and general security information.

2010 derailment

On 22 January 2010, a Class 158 Express Sprinter unit (158701) working the 17:15 Inverness to Ardgay service derailed at Dingwall, leaving one female passenger injured.^{[citation needed]}

Services

Service provision at Dingwall forms part of the Far North and Kyle of Lochalsh Lines

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Muir of Ord		First ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Garve
		First ScotRail Far North Line		Alness
	Historical railways
Conon Line open; station closed		Highland Railway Inverness and Ross-shire Railway		Foulis Line open; station closed
Junction with Inverness and Ross-shire Railway		Highland Railway Dingwall and Skye Railway		Achterneed Line open; station closed
		Highland Railway D&SR Strathpeffer Branch		Strathpeffer Line partially open; station closed

Gallery

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  Dingwall station in 1970

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  Dingwall station looking south

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  The station at night in 2008

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  Dingwall Engine Shed in 1957

References

Notes

1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 79.
2. ^ Awdry, 1990, pages 80-83
3. ^ Butt, 1995, page 222
4. ^ Fuller, 1961, page 48
5. ^ http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=94

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• 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. 
• Fuller, Aidan L.F. (1961). British Locomotive Shed Directory. Railway Publications Ltd. ISBN none. 
• 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.