Date: 07/05/2023

Alness re-opened on the 7th of May 1973, having previously closed with other local stations in 1960. It reopened with a limited service to serve the Invergordon aluminium development. Thanks to Invernet since 2008 there are many more calls.

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The 1236 from Wick calls at Alness on time at 1603 heading for Inverness. A couple of passengers join 158709 which will arrive in Inverness in 45 minutes time. View north towards Invergordon from the local academy footbridge.
Location: Alness
Company: Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
29/06/2011 Mark Bartlett

Here comes the train... and only 13 years late! An expectant crowd spots the class 24-hauled service from Inverness as it approaches Alness for the official reopening ceremony on 7 May 1973. The station had closed in 1960 when pre-Beeching cuts eliminated a swathe of wayside stations on the Far North line.
Location: Alness
Company: Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
07/05/1973 David Spaven

The official re-opening train (the normal mid-morning Inverness-Wick service) pulls into Alness station in May 1973. The man with the camera is Adrian Varwell, local representative of the Scottish Association for Public Transport, who played a big part in the re-opening campaign.
Location: Alness
Company: Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
07/05/1973 David Spaven

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