Inverness
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Inverness (1855-)
Opened on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.
Opened on the Inverness and Nairn Railway.
Open on the Far North Line.
Open on the Kyle Line.
Open on the Aberdeen to Inverness.
Open on the Highland Main Line.
Description
This is a terminus for services to and from locations to the south such as Glasgow Queen Street High Level, Edinburgh Waverley and London, and locations north and west such as Kyle of Lochalsh, Thurso and Wick.
The station is essentially two terminus alongside each other, one for locations to the south and the other for locations north. Lines curve out to the east and to the north west connected by a non passenger line to form a triangle.
The buffer ends of the platforms are covered by glazed trainsheds.
Local
The Station Hotel was Highland Railway owned and ultimately became a British Transport Hotel, who sold it in 1983.
Royal Highland Hotel
Tags
Station terminusNearby stations Clachnaharry Bunchrew Allanfearn Munlochy Lentran Castle Stuart Platform Allangrange Daviot Culloden Moor Redcastle Avoch Dalcross Clunes Fortrose Moy | Other railway and industry locations Inverness Goods Inverness MPD Rose Street Junction Inverness Shed Needlefield Carriage Sidings Inverness Harbour Millburn Yard Welsh^s Bridge Platform Ness Viaduct Welsh^s Bridge Junction Millburn Junction Tourist/other Inverness Bus Station Inverness Castle Inverness Cathedral Cromwell^s Fort [Inverness] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| 09/09/1863 | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Line opened from Pitlochry to Aviemore, thus throughout from Inverness to Perth. |
| / /1883 | Glasgow and North Western Railway Glasgow and North Western Railway proposed by North British Railway. The route was to have been Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William. It was not built. |
| 07/02/1989 | [Inverness and Ross-shire Railway] Ness Viaduct, Inverness, collapses, separating the Thurso, Wick and Kyle of Lochalsh lines from the rest of the network. Dingwall becomes a terminus, Muir of Ord becomes a train maintenance depot and buses operate between Inverness and Dingwall while a new bridge is built. |
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