Meikle Ferry

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Meikle Ferry (1864-1868)

Opened on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.

Description

This was briefly the end of the line, until it was extended to Bonar Bridge (now Ardgay). It closed not long after the line was extended and the ferry route probably lost much traffic when the Sutherland Railway opened in 1868 extending the line to Golspie, after which the ferry was probably not on the preferred route north. The station building has remained, complete with its name marked on the building, since 1869.

The Dornoch Firth bridge crosses over the firth by the former station. This bridge has been designed so that a railway line could be laid over it in the future, reducing the railway mileage between Inverness and Thurso and Wick by a new short link between Meikle Ferry, Dornoch and The Mound.

It became the Dornoch Bridge Inn.

Tags

Station Terminus

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67



Nearby stations
Tain
Edderton
Dornoch
Fearn
Nigg
Kildary
Embo
Skelbo
Delny
Mid Fearn
Cambusavie Platform
The Mound
Ardgay
Invergordon
Golspie
Dornoch Firth Crossing
Glenmorangie Siding
Tain Shed
Dornoch Cathedral
Dornoch Shed
Balnagown Bridge
Fearn Causeway
Inchindown Oil Storage Facility
Tourist/other
Glenmorangie Distillery
Balblair Distillery
Skilbo Castle
Dornoch Hotel
Dornoch Firth
Balnagown Castle
Fearn Abbey
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

01/06/1864Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Invergordon to Meikle Ferry opened.
01/10/1864Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Line extended from Meikle Ferry to Bonar Bridge.
  /  /1869Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Meikle Ferry station closed.

Books


Highland Railway (Railway History)

Highland Railway (The David & Charles series)

Highland Railway Album

Highland Railway: People and Places - From the Inverness and Nairn Railway to Scotrail

Highland Survivor

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Railway