Achanalt railway station

Achanalt
Scottish Gaelic: Achan nan Allt
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Location
Place	Achanalt
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates
Grid reference	NH260614
Operations
Station code	AAT
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	192
2005/06	198
2006/07	173
2007/08	208
2008/09	230
2009/10	202
2010/11	200
2011/12	162
2012/13	164
2013/14	228
2014/15	482
History
Original company	Dingwall and Skye Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
19 August 1870	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Achanalt from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Achanalt railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Achanalt in the north of Scotland. There are four trains a day in each direction (one on Sundays) stopping on request, connecting Achanalt with all stations between Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh.

History

The station was opened by the Dingwall and Skye Railway, but operated from the outset by the Highland Railway. Taken into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced by British Rail, the station became part of ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Rail.

Service

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lochluichart		Abellio ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Achnasheen
	Historical railways
Lochluichart (Old) Line open; Station closed		Dingwall and Skye Railway Highland Railway		Achnasheen Line and Station open

References

Sources

• Station on navigable O.S. map
• RailScot: Dingwall and Skye Railway