Kinbrace railway station

Kinbrace railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kinbrace in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. Trains stop on request.

Kinbrace Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Bhràiste[1]
Location	Kinbrace, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	58.2585°N 3.9412°W
Grid reference	NC862316
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	KBC
History
Opened	28 July 1874
Original company	Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
28 July 1874	Opened
Passengers
2015/16	456
2016/17	464
2017/18	376
2018/19	510
2019/20	456
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Helmsdale had been linked to Inverness by rail in 1870. The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was formed in 1871 to carry the railway onward to Thurso and Wick, by a route which took it through Strath Ullie. The line opened on 28 July 1874[2] and included a station at Kinbrace.[3][4]

The station is 118 miles 20 chains (190.3 km) from Inverness, and has a single platform which is long enough for a four-coach train.[5]

Services

In the May 2019 timetable, there are four trains north to Wick via Thurso and three south to Inverness from Mon-Sat (if requested). There is a fourth Wick to Inverness service, but this is not advertised to stop at Kinbrace. There is a single train each way on Sundays.[6]

References

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
2. "The Sunderland and Caithness Railway". The Scotsman. British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1874. Retrieved 14 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.
4. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
5. Brailsford 2017, map 20C.
6. "North Highlands Timetable" (PDF). ScotRail.

External links

• RAILSCOT page on Kinbrace