Conon Bridge railway station

Conon Bridge railway station
Conon Bridge
Location
Place Conon Bridge
Area Highland
Operations
Original company Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Platforms 2
History
11 June 1862 Opened as Conon[1]
13 June 1960 Closed[1]
2012 Proposed re-opening as Conon Bridge[2][3]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Conon was a railway station built to serve the villages of Conon Bridge and Maryburgh in the Scottish Highlands.

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History

The station is situated between Dingwall and Muir of Ord. The railway station was opened by Inverness and Ross-shire Railway on 11 June 1862[1] and closed on the 13 June 1960.[1]

It was the junction with the partially constructed Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Muir of Ord   First ScotRail
Far North Line
Kyle of Lochalsh Line
  Dingwall
Historical railways
Muir of Ord   Highland Railway

 Inverness and Ross-shire Railway

  Dingwall
Alcaig   Highland Railway

 Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway

  Terminus

Proposed reopening

The station is projected to open by 2012 as Conon Bridge.[2][3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 67
  2. ^ a b "Hoisting the saltire high". Modern Railways (Ian Allan Publishings) 65 (721). October 2008. 
  3. ^ a b "Railway link proposed for airport". BBC News. 2006-07-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/5187370.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 

Coordinates: 57°33′42″N 4°26′29″W / 57.561786°N 4.441325°W / 57.561786; -4.441325



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