Date: 16/12/2011

THE campaign for a Dornoch rail crossing has received “a massive boost” following a survey which was conducted by a local pressure group. The Dornoch Rail Link Action Group surveyed more than 500 rail users over the past three months and is delighted with the findings. They show overwhelming support for the crossing which would reduce journey times on the Far North line by 45 minutes. The trip between Wick and Inverness currently takes four hours and 26 minutes.

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John O'Groats Journal

THE campaign for a Dornoch rail crossing has received a massive boost following a survey which was conducted by a local pressure group.

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H.R. 0.4.4T 55051 with a train from Dornoch about to leave the causeway before crossing the bridge over Loch Fleet narrows to reach The Mound Junction.
Location: The Mound
Company: Dornoch Light Railway
03/07/1950 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

A train from the far north passing the long closed station at Meikle Ferry on 25 August 2007. The station was open for less than 5 years, closing on 1 January 1869, having been originally planned when consideration was being given to taking a direct route north from here across the Dornoch Firth.
Location: Meikle Ferry
Company: Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
25/08/2007 John Furnevel

A southbound 158 with the afternoon service from the far north turns inland after skirting the shore of Loch Fleet on 29 August 2007. The train is about to pass through the former junction for Dornoch at The Mound (closed 1960) before taking the route via Lairg and the Oykel Viaduct [see image 16500].
Location: The Mound
Company: Sutherland Railway
29/08/2007 John Furnevel

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