Location type

Station

Name and dates

Invergordon (1863-)

Opened on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.

Open on the Far North Line.

Description

This is a two platform station with a passing loop and car park. The main station building remains standing on the southbound platform. It retains a platform canopy. The platform side features a mural 'The Long Goodbye', by Tracey Shough, commemorating the 4th battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders. The waiting shelter on the northbound platform still stands. Unfortunately the footbridge has been removed and it's a fairly long walk round from the northbound platform to the car park via the Albany Road overbridge.

The goods yard, at the west end of the station, south of the line, has been lifted. It had a headshunt, goods shed and loading banks. From this, west of the station, was the Shore Branch which ran south east to Invergordon Harbour.

The harbour branch which to be heavily used in the Great War (see entry for Invergordon Harbour).

When the Ness Viaduct was washed away in February of 1989, completley cutting off the Far North Line from the rest of the network, several Sprinters were brought by road from Inverness's goods yard to be unloaded here. A raised section of ramping track was setup at both locations for this purpose. Not long after this use the goods yard was lifted completely.

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