Meikle Ferry
Location type
StationName and dates
Meikle Ferry (1864-1868)Opened on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.
Description
This was briefly the end of the line, until it was extended to Bonar Bridge (now Ardgay). It closed not long after the line was extended and the ferry route probably lost much traffic when the Sutherland Railway opened in 1868 extending the line to Golspie, after which the ferry was probably not on the preferred route north. The station building has remained, complete with its name marked on the building, since 1869.
The Dornoch Firth bridge crosses over the firth by the former station. This bridge has been designed so that a railway line could be laid over it in the future, reducing the railway mileage between Inverness and Thurso and Wick by a new short link between Meikle Ferry, Dornoch and The Mound.
It became the Dornoch Bridge Inn.
Tags
Station TerminusExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Tain Edderton Dornoch Fearn Nigg Kildary Embo Skelbo Delny Mid Fearn Cambusavie Platform The Mound Ardgay Invergordon Golspie | Dornoch Firth Crossing Glenmorangie Siding Tain Shed Dornoch Cathedral Dornoch Shed Balnagown Bridge Fearn Causeway Inchindown Oil Storage Facility Tourist/other Glenmorangie Distillery Balblair Distillery Skilbo Castle Dornoch Hotel Dornoch Firth Balnagown Castle Fearn Abbey |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/06/1864 | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Invergordon to Meikle Ferry opened. |
| 01/10/1864 | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Line extended from Meikle Ferry to Bonar Bridge. |
| / /1869 | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Meikle Ferry station closed. |
