Attadale railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Attadale on Loch Carron in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is 48 miles 22 chains (77.7 km) from Dingwall, between Strathcarron and Stromeferry.[3] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
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| General information | |
| Location | Attadale, Highland Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°23′40″N 5°27′19″W / 57.3945°N 5.4553°WCoordinates: 57°23′40″N 5°27′19″W / 57.3945°N 5.4553°W |
| Grid reference | NG924390 |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | ATT[2] |
| History | |
| Original company | Dingwall and Skye Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| Key dates | |
| 1880 | Station opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 |  1,170 |
| 2018/19 | 1,322 |
| 2019/20 |  1,228 |
| 2020/21 | 62 |
| 2021/22 | 764 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
HistoryEdit
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The station was opened in 1880 by the Dingwall and Skye Railway, but operated from the outset by the Highland Railway.
When the D&SR were forced to cut back the railway during its planning, Attadale was initially chosen as the planned terminus of the shortened line,[4] to allow a suitable location near Loch Carron to build a pier adjacent to the station for steam boats to berth. However, more detailed planning proved this area of the loch quite shallow, which would have meant the large cost of building an extraordinarily long pier. Instead, the line was to terminate 5 miles (8 km) further on at Stromeferry,[4] where a deeper section of the loch could be found, meaning the steamers could berth more easily and more closely to the station at a shorter, less expensive pier. Attadale then opened as a request stop ten years after the Dingwall & Skye Railway commenced services.[citation needed]
FacilitiesEdit
The platform has a waiting room, help point, bench and bike racks. The station is not step-free.[5] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Passenger volumeEdit
| 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 | |
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| Entries and exits | 216 | 325 | 398 | 439 | 469 | 472 | 478 | 526 | 968 | 658 | 998 | 784 | 820 | 938 | 1,170 | 1,322 | 1,228 | 62 | 764 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
ServicesEdit
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.[7][8]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Strathcarron | ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line |
Stromeferry | ||
Cultural ReferencesEdit
The station featured in episode one of the Channel 4 documentary series Paul Merton's Secret Stations on 1 May 2016, when presenter Paul Merton alighted there en route to visiting a salmon breeding farm on the shores of Loch Carron.[9]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 97. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
- ^ a b "Attadale: Overview". Gazetteer for Scotland.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 219
- ^ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219
- ^ "Programme Information - Paul Merton's Secret Stations"4 Press website; Retrieved 18 May 2016
BibliographyEdit
- 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.
External linksEdit
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