Inverness railway station revamp delayed [Inverness Courier]





Date: 10/09/2019

Major improvements to Inverness railway station announced more than a year ago have been delayed, and no timetable has been drawn up for their completion.

A £6 million revamp of the station was first announced several years ago and it was thought the work would begin in summer 2018, with funding already in place for the first phase.

Plans for a pedestrianised frontage at Station Square had to be abandoned after the owners of the Royal Highland Hotel refused to give up their lease on several parking places there, but by December it was understood work would begin in 2019.


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MAJOR improvements to Inverness railway station announced months ago have been delayed, and no timetable has been drawn up for their completion.

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The main entrance to Inverness Station, facing onto Station Square, just off Academy Street, on 19 November 2014. The Royal Highland Hotel (formerly The Station Hotel) stands alongside on the right.
Location: Inverness
Company: Inverness and Nairn Railway
19/11/2014 Andy Furnevel


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