This railway is closed. Passenger services are still provided by ScotRail between Inverness, Thurso and Wick.
01/02/1894 | Fortrose Branch (Highland Railway) Line opened. |
01/10/1951 | Fortrose Branch (Highland Railway) Fortrose to Muir of Ord closed to passengers. |
13/06/1960 | Fortrose Branch (Highland Railway) Fortrose to Muir of Ord closed to freight. |
These locations are along the line.
This is a two platform station. The main station building was similar to that at Dalwhinnie but with a canopy with end screens. It was on the down (northbound) platform. It was, like that at Dalwhinnie, a replacement for a building which burned down (in 1922). It has been demolished.
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Redcastle station was a one platform station with a large timber station building. The platform was on the north side of the line.
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This was a single platform station. The platform was on the north side of the single track with a goods yard at the west end, approached from the west. The station building was typical of the line. This station did not have a signal box.
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This was a single platform station. The platform was on the south side of the line. There were water columns, the water tank was opposite the platform on the north side of the line.
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This crossing, also known as Corrachie Crossing, had a private halt for Rosehaugh House which is to the north of the former railway. The platform was west of the level crossing and north of the line. A railway cottage remains here today.
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This was a single platform station to the west of the town. The platform was on the south side of the line. There was a goods yard to the west of the station, on the south side of the line, approached from the west. There was no signal box.
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This was the terminus of the line from Muir of Ord. There was a single platform to the south of a loop.
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