Fearn railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Hill of Fearn, Highland Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°46′41″N 3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NH815782 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FRN[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMSR | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 June 1864[3] | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  4,182 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 850 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  2,980 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 3,754 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 4,062 | ||||
Listed Building – Category B | |||||
| Designated | 6 October 1978 | ||||
| Reference no. | LB7782[4] | ||||
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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, 40 miles 60 chains (65.6 km) form Inverness, between Tain and Invergordon,[5] and is also the nearest station to Balintore, Hilton and Shandwick (the Seaboard Villages), Portmahomack and the Nigg Bay area of Easter Ross. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
[edit]The station opened on 1 June 1864, as part of the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, later the Highland Railway and then the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.[6]
Facilities
[edit]As well as a small car park, there are bike racks, a bench, a waiting shelter and a help point. The station has step free access.[7] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Platform layout
[edit]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 has a single platform which is long enough for a seven-coach train.[8] 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.[citation needed]
Passenger volume
[edit]| 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 | |
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| Entries and exits | 1,909 | 5,157 | 5,143 | 6,069 | 5,581 | 7,724 | 6,790 | 6,720 | 7,818 | 7,226 | 6,606 | 6,130 | 5,396 | 5,262 | 5,256 | 4,304 | 4,182 | 850 | 2,980 | 3,754 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
[edit]As of the December 2021 timetable, on weekdays and Saturdays, the stations sees 6 trains northbound (4 to Wick via Thurso, 1 to Tain, and 1 to Ardgay), and 7 trains southbound to Inverness. On Sundays, the station sees 4 trains northbound (1 to Wick via Thurso, 3 to Tain) and 4 trains to Inverness.[10]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Invergordon | 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
[edit]- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 95.
- ^ "FEARN RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 27 February 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. 102. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ Brailsford 2017, map 18D.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Fearn railway station from National Rail
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