Lairg railway station

Lairg railway station is a railway station just south of the village of Lairg in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line. It is 66 miles 78 chains (107.8 km) from Inverness, and has a passing loop 26 chains (520 m) long, flanked by two platforms. Platform 1 on the up (southbound) line can accommodate trains having six coaches, but platform 2 on the down (northbound) line can only hold five.[2]

Lairg Scottish Gaelic: Luirg[1]
The view northward in 2009
Location	Lairg, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	58.0019°N 4.3998°W
Grid reference	NC582039
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LRG
History
Original company	Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
28 July 1874	Open
Passengers
2015/16	6,592
2016/17	5,576
2017/18	5,426
2018/19	6,016
2019/20	6,264
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lairg station in September 1973, with a postbus waiting.

Until April 2009 the station provided an interchange point for postbus services to the remote communities of Durness, Kinlochbervie and Tongue, Highland. Following considerable local opposition to the cancellation of the services they have now been replaced by temporary services operated, under contract from the Highland Council, by Stagecoach plc. The future of the services has yet to be determined.

Highland Rail Partnership is based in the former booking office.

Services

Four Inverness to Wick via Thurso trains call here each way on weekdays and Saturdays (along with a fifth Inverness departure southbound in the early morning) and a single departure each way on Sundays.[3]

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. Brailsford 2017, map 20A.
3. Table 239 National Rail timetable, May 2016