Lochluichart railway station

57°37′18″N 4°48′33″W / 57.6218°N 4.8091°W / 57.6218; -4.8091Grid referenceNH323625Managed byScotRailPlatforms1Other informationStation codeLCC^[2]HistoryOriginal companyDingwall and Skye RailwayPre-groupingHighland RailwayPost-groupingLMSKey dates1 August 1871Opened as Lochluichart High^[3]3 May 1954Resited and renamed as 'Lochluichart^[3]Passengers2018/19 1802019/20 1982020/21 242021/22 1302022/23 182

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, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

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

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

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

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

References

Bibliography

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.

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