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Lochluichart railway station

Coordinates: 57°37′18″N 4°48′33″W / 57.6218°N 4.8091°W / 57.6218; -4.8091
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Lochluichart

Scottish Gaelic: Loch Laoicheart[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationLochluichart, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57°37′18″N 4°48′33″W / 57.6218°N 4.8091°W / 57.6218; -4.8091
Grid referenceNH323625
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeLCC[2]
History
Original companyDingwall and Skye Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1871Opened as Lochluichart High[3]
3 May 1954Resited and renamed as Lochluichart[3]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 180
2019/20Increase 198
2020/21Decrease 24
2021/22Increase 130
2022/23Increase 182
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lochluichart railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Lochluichart in the north of Scotland. The station is located at the north edge of Loch Luichart, 17 miles 20 chains (27.8 km) from Dingwall, between Garve and Achanalt.[4] ScotRail, which manages the station, operates all services.

History

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The station was opened as Lochluichart High[3] by the Dingwall and Skye Railway on 1 August 1871 as a private station for Lady Ashburton on the Lochluichart Estate. It became a public station by 1887.[5] Others suggest that it opened as a private station (under the name Lochluichart Lodge) in August 1870, becoming public (and renamed to Lochluichart High) in 1871.[6]

In 1949, Lochluichart was planned to be relocated to allow the flooding of the area by the Glascarnoch-Luichart-Torr Achilty hydroelectric scheme.[7] On 3 May 1954, a new station was opened as Lochluichart[3] as a result of a hydro electric scheme raising the level of Loch Luichart, constructed of red sandstone. The deviation required about 2-mile (3.2 km) on stone-pitched embankments and in rock cuttings, a 100-foot (30 m) bridge over the River Conon and a 36-foot (11 m) bridge.[8]

Facilities

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A Class 158 at Lochluichart, bound for Inverness

Facilities are incredibly basic, comprising just a shelter, a help point and a small car park. The station is step-free.[9] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

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Passenger Volume at Lochluichart[10]
2002–03 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Entries and exits 302 171 306 267 440 218 392 324 442 400 612 482 608 532 632 180 198 24 130 182

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays/Saturdays and one each way all year on Sundays, plus a second from May to late September only.[11][12]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Garve   ScotRail
Kyle of Lochalsh Line
  Achanalt
  Historical railways  
Garve   Highland Railway
Dingwall and Skye Railway
  Achanalt

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 147
  4. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  5. ^ Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations by G.Croughton page 96
  6. ^ Quick 2022, p. p=291.
  7. ^ "A Station To Be Moved". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 6 May 1949. Retrieved 15 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (June 1954). "Re-Siting of Lochluichart Station". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 100, no. 638. Westminster: Tothill Press. p. 432.
  9. ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  11. ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 219
  12. ^ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219

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