Avoch railway station was a station on the single track branch of the Highland Railway, in north east Scotland. The line connected villages in The Black Isle peninsula to the railway network via a junction at Muir of Ord.

Avoch
The site of the station in 2015
General information
LocationBlack Isle, Ross and Cromarty
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHighland Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1894Station opened[1]
1 October 1951Station closed to passengers[1]
13 June 1960[2]Line closed

History

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Opened by the Highland Railway in 1894, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by British Railways.

Authorisation was obtained on 4 July 1890 to build a 15.75 mile (25 km) branch line from Muir of Ord to Rosemarkie; however the line never proceeded beyond Fortrose.[3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Rosehaugh   Highland Railway
Fortrose Branch
  Fortrose

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt (1995)
  2. ^ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench- first edition- page 53
  3. ^ Vallance, pages 44 - 45.

Sources

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  • 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.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
  • Vallance, H.A. (1985). The Highland Railway. 4th Extended edition: extra material by C.R. Clinker and Anthony J. Lambert. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.
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