Fearn railway station

Fearn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Hill of Fearn in the Highland council area of Scotland, located around 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from the village. It is situated on the Far North Line and is also the nearest station to Balintore, Hilton and Shandwick (the Seaboard Villages), Portmahomack and the Nigg Bay area of Easter Ross.

Fearn

Scottish Gaelic: Manachainn Rois[1]
LocationHill of Fearn, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57.7780°N 3.9940°W / 57.7780; -3.9940
Grid referenceNH815782
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeFRN
History
Original companyInverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
1 June 1864[2]Opened
Passengers
2015/16 5,396
2016/17 5,262
2017/18 5,256
2018/19 4,304
2019/20 4,182
Listed Building – Category B
Designated6 October 1978
Reference no.LB7782[3]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The railway through Fearn station is single track, the nearest passing loops being at Invergordon to the south and Tain to the west. The station is 40 miles 60 chains (65.6 km) from Inverness, and has a single platform which is long enough for a seven-coach train.[4] The platform is very low and this gives rise to difficulties for passengers who are in any way infirm and unable to climb the height to the coaches, so there are portable steps available at the station. At the approach to Fearn station, conductors are obliged to use public address systems to warn alighting passengers of the low platform, and they also frequently do this when inspecting tickets of passengers travelling to Fearn.

Services

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Invergordon   Abellio ScotRail
Far North Line
  Tain
  Historical railways  
Nigg
Line open; Station closed
  Highland Railway
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
  Tain
Line and station open

References

Notes

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 95.
  3. "FEARN RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. Brailsford 2017, map 18D.

Sources

  • 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. (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.
  • 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.


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