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07/05/2023 Alness: 50th anniversary of re-opening [Railscot] Alness re-opened on the 7th of May 1973, having previously closed with other local stations in 1960. It reopened with a limited service to serve the Invergordon aluminium development. Thanks to Invernet since 2008 there are many more calls. (Permalink) Alness Alness: The 1236 from Wick calls at Alness on time at 1603 heading for Inverness. A couple of passengers join 158709 which will arrive in Inverness in 45 minutes time. View north towards Invergordon from the ... Mark Bartlett 29/06/2011 Alness: The official re-opening train (the normal mid-morning Inverness-Wick service) pulls into Alness station in May 1973. The man with the camera is Adrian Varwell, local representative of the Scottish Ass ... David Spaven 07/05/1973 Alness: Here comes the train... and only 13 years late! An expectant crowd spots the class 24-hauled service from Inverness as it approaches Alness for the official reopening ceremony on 7 May 1973. Th ... David Spaven 07/05/1973 Alness
22/08/2022 Overnight traffic management needed to enable tree cutting on Far North Line [Network Rail] Overnight traffic management will be in place from September 4 to 9 on the B817 in Alness and Evanton in the Scottish Highlands as Network Rail carries out essential vegetation management. (Permalink) Alness Evanton Far North Line Vegetation clearance Network Rail
14/05/2021 Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce scion among Highland lairds given railway station private waiting rooms [Scotsman] The family behind Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce were among Highland lairds afforded the luxury of private waiting rooms at railway stations, some in return for allowing lines to run through their estates. (Permalink) Alness Ardross Castle Perrins Scotsman
22/03/2021 Lairds of the line: When Highland landowners had private railway stations and waiting rooms [Press and Journal] Having your personal VIP lounge at a major airport would purely be the preserve of the super rich or powerful today - but in the 19th century, Highland lairds had their own equivalent. (Permalink) Alness Anne-Mary Paterson Ballater Beauly Blair Atholl Castle Grant Platform Duncraig Dunrobin Castle Fochabers Town Kildary Lairds in Waiting Moy Orbliston Rosehaugh Dunrobin Castle: The second station building at Dunrobin looking north. The little shed in the distance to the right of the railway was used to hold the Dukes carriage. The shed has since been demolished, but the disu ... Ewan Crawford //1989 Press and Journal