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Brora

Scottish Gaelic: *Brùra*^[1]
Brora; Scottish Gaelic: Brùra
	The platforms at Brora, looking south
General information
Location	Brora, Highland; Scotland
Coordinates	58°00′47″N 3°51′08″W / 58.0131°N 3.8523°W
Grid reference	NC906041
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BRA
History
Original company	Duke of Sutherland's Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 November 1870 or 19 June 1871	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	6,992
2019/20	6,354
2020/21	648
2021/22	4,722
2022/23	4,594
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Designated	23 July 1987
Reference no.	LB571
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Brora railway station ( /ˈbrɔːrə/) is a railway station serving the small town of Brora in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 90 miles 48 chains (145.8 km) from Inverness, between Dunrobin Castle and Helmsdale.^[6] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

The station opened on either 1 November 1870,^[3] or 19 June 1871.^[4] The former station buildings are now unused but together with the cast iron footbridge are a listed building.^[5]

In 2019, plans were announced by a local businessperson to redevelop the station building into "a micro gin distillery, café bar, tourist information point and gift shop", at a cost of £500,000.^[7]

Facilities

The station has basic facilities, including waiting shelters on both platforms, and a small car park and bike racks adjacent to platform 2. Both platforms have step-free access, but are also connected by a footbridge.^[8]

Passenger volume

The main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Brora station in the 2022/23 period was Inverness, making up 1,352 of the 4,594 journeys (29.43%).^[9]

Passenger Volume at Brora^[9]
	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	4,024	3,462	3,483	3,277	3,723	4,660	5,614	5,780	5,164	5,556	6,380	5,616	5,524	5,616	5,994	6,992	6,354	648	4,722	4,594

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

There are four departures each weekday & Saturday, and one each way on a Sunday. Trains run northbound to Wick via Thurso and southbound to Lairg, Dingwall and Inverness.^[10]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Dunrobin Castle or Golspie		ScotRail Far North Line	Helmsdale
	Historical railways
Dunrobin Castle Line and station open		Highland Railway Duke of Sutherland's Railway	Loth Line open, station closed

References

^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b Quick 2022, p. 104.
^ ^a ^b Butt 1995, p. 46.
^ ^a ^b "BRORA RAILWAY STATION AND FOOT BRIDGE". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
^ 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. 103. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
^ "Station in line for £500k revamp". Northern Times. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
^ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219

Bibliography

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.
Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

External links

Train times and station information for Brora railway station from National Rail

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[FOOTNOTEBrailsford2017Gaelic/English_Station_Index-1] Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.

[2] Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[FOOTNOTEQuick2022104-3] Quick 2022, p. 104.

[FOOTNOTEButt199546-4] Butt 1995, p. 46.

[listing-5] "BRORA RAILWAY STATION AND FOOT BRIDGE". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[6] 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. 103. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.

[7] "Station in line for £500k revamp". Northern Times. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

[8] "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

[ORR-9] "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

[10] NRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219

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