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This company provided services between Perth, Inverness, Elgin, Keith, Kyle of Lochalsh, Thurso and Wick. Most routes are still open and today passengers services are provided by ScotRail. The company came into being by a series of amalgamations. The map below is clickable. Click on a line for more details. Not all stations are shown. |
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This company provided a service to much of the Scottish Highlands.
26 June 1846 Great
North of Scotland Railway authorised
10 August 1852 Morayshire
Railway opens from Elgin to Lossiemouth
19 September 1854 Great
North of Scotland Railway; Huntly to Kittybrewster opened
5 November 1855 Inverness
and Nairn Railway opens
7 April 1856 Perth
and Dunkeld Railway opened
10 October 1856 Great
North of Scotland Railway; Huntly to Keith opened.
18 August 1858 Inverness
and Aberdeen Junction Railway opens from Nairn to Keith
1860 Great
North of Scotland Railway sells its Inverness
and Aberdeen Junction Railway shares
17 May 1861 Inverness
and Nairn Railway merges with Inverness
and Aberdeen Junction Railway
11 June 1862 Inverness to Dingwall opened by Inverness
and Ross-shire Railway
30 June 1862 Inverness
and Ross-shire Railway merges with Inverness
and Aberdeen Junction Railway
25 March 1863 Dingwall to Invergordon opened (Inverness
and Aberdeen Junction Railway)
1 June 1863 Inverness
and Perth Junction Railway; Dunkeld to Pitlochry opened
3 August 1863 Inverness
and Perth Junction Railway; Forres to Aviemore opened
9 September 1863 Inverness
and Perth Junction Railway; Pitlochry to Aviemore opened
28 February 1864 Perth
and Dunkeld Railway amalgamates with the Inverness
and Perth Junction Railway
1 June 1864 Invergordon to Meikle Ferry opened
(Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway)
1 October 1864 Meikle Ferry to Bonar Bridge opened
(Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway)
1 February 1865 Inverness
and Aberdeen Junction Railway and Inverness
and Perth Junction Railway merge
29 June 1865 Merged company named the Highland
Railway
3 July 1865 Ballinluig to Aberfeldy opened
13 April 1868 Bonar Bridge to Golspie opened by
the Sutherland Railway
19 August 1870 Dingwall
and Skye Railway opened
1 November 1870 Duke
of Sutherland's Railway opened from Dunrobin to West Helmsdale (at Gartymore
near Helmsdale)
19 June 1871 Duke
of Sutherland's Railway; Golspie to Dunrobin opened, Dunrobin becomes private
station for the Duke of Sutherland
28 July 1874 Sutherland
and Caithness Railway opened from Helmsdale to Wick and Thurso
1 September 1880 Dingwall
and Skye Railway amalgamates with Highland Railway
1 August 1884 Buckie
and Portessie Branch opened.
3 June 1885 Strathpeffer
branch opens
8 July 1892 Aviemore to Carr Bridge opened
19 July 1897 Carr Bridge to Daviot opened
2 November 1897 Kyle
of Lochalsh Extension opened
1 November 1898 Daviot to Millburn Junction opened
2 June 1902 Dornoch
Light Railway opened
1 July 1903 Wick
and Lybster Light Railway opened
22 July 1903 Invergarry
and Fort Augustus Railway opened; trains worked by Highland Railway
1906 Amalgamation with Great
North of Scotland Railway falls through
1908 North
British Railway operates Invergarry
and Fort Augustus Railway after Highland Railway withdraw trains
13 June 1911 Highland Hotel at Strathpeffer opens
9 August 1915 Buckie
and Portessie Branch closed to passengers, and to frieght between Aultmore
and Buckie.
1923 Highland Railway becomes part of the London,
Midland and Scotland Railway
1 April 1944 Buckie
and Portessie Branch closed to freight between Portessie and Buckie
3 April 1944 Wick
and Lybster Light Railway closed (Also given as 1 April 1944)
2 March 1946 Strathpeffer
Branch closes to passengers
26 March 1951 Strathpeffer
Branch closes completely
13 June 1960 Dornoch
Light Railway closed
3 October 1966 Buckie
and Portessie Branch closed to freight between Keith and Aultmore
Page created on 04/09/1997
Page last edited on: 11/03/2012
Contact: Ewan Crawford
