Fearn

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Fearn (1864-)

Station code: FRN National Rail ScotRail
Where: Highland, Scotland
Opened on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.
Open on the Far North Line.

Description

This is a one platform station, the former southbound platform. The loop line is lifted and northbound platform out of use.

There are sidings to the south end, east side of the line accessed from the south, in use for permanent way. The original two storey station building remains, now in use as a house, on the southbound platform.

When first opened the current platform was the only one, the loop was a later addition of 1910 along with the northbound platform.

The signal box opened in 1890. It was replaced in 1910 when the loop opened and was located at the west end of the loop on the south side alongside the goods yard turn out.

The loop closed in 1966 and the box closed.

Local

Fearn's survival may seem surprising as it is in a very rural location, however it is the closest station to Cromarty (via a ferry) and serves a large area to the east with Balintore and Portmahomack in the north. The villages of Fearn and Hill of Fearn are over a mile to the east. Fearn Abbey is in the Fearn village.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map

Facilities

Listing: B




News items

12/11/2021Railway bridge crash halts Scotrail north line services [Ross-shire Journal]
16/01/2021Far North line reopens after clearing debris from fallen embankment [Press and Journal]
16/01/2021Collapsed embankment sparks partial closure of Far North Line 'for rest of day' [Ross-shire Journal]

Books


Highland Railway (Railway History)

Highland Railway (The David & Charles series)

Highland Railway Album

Highland Railway: People and Places - From the Inverness and Nairn Railway to Scotrail

Highland Survivor

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Railway