Duirinish railway station

57°19′12″N 5°41′29″W / 57.3199°N 5.6915°W / 57.3199; -5.6915Grid referenceNG777314Managed byScotRailPlatforms1Other informationStation codeDRN^[2]HistoryOriginal companyDingwall and Skye RailwayPre-groupingHighland RailwayPost-groupingLMSKey dates2 November 1897Opened^[3]Passengers2018/19 8562019/20 8782020/21 1562021/22 5542022/23 614

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Duirinish railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line near the settlement of Duirinish in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is approximately 2 miles (3 km) inland of Scotland's west coast, near Loch Lundie. The station is 59 miles 58 chains (96.1 km) from Dingwall, between Kyle of Lochalsh and Plockton.^[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services here.

History

The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.^[5]

Facilities

Facilities here, like many other stations on the line, are incredibly basic, consisting just of a shelter, a help point, some bike racks and a bench, although the station does have step-free access.^[6] 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 Duirinish^[7]

	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	519	601	608	841	801	742	620	808	702	804	970	1,048	1,064	930	918	856	878	156	554	614

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is only one train each way, plus a second from May to late September only.^[8][9]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Plockton		ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Kyle of Lochalsh
	Historical railways
Plockton Line and station open		Highland Railway Kyle of Lochalsh Extension		Kyle of Lochalsh Line and station open

References

Bibliography

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
• 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 (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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

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