Lochluichart railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other 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, from Dingwall, between Garve and Achanalt. ScotRail, which manages the station, operates all services.

History

The station was opened as Lochluichart High 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. 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.Template:Sfn

In 1949, Lochluichart was planned to be relocated to allow the flooding of the area by the Glascarnoch-Luichart-Torr Achilty hydroelectric scheme. On 3 May 1954, a new station was opened as Lochluichart as a result of a hydro electric scheme raising the level of Loch Luichart, constructed of red sandstone. The deviation required about on stone-pitched embankments and in rock cuttings, a bridge over the River Conon and a bridge.

Facilities

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A Template:Brc at Lochluichart, bound for Inverness

Facilities are incredibly basic, comprising just a shelter, a help point and a small car park. The station is step-free. 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

	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.

Preceding station	National Rail National Rail			Following station
Garve	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line	style="background:#Template:ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Achanalt
	Historical railways
Garve		Highland Railway Dingwall and Skye Railway		Achanalt

External links

• Train times and station information for Lochluichart railway station from National Rail