Kinbrace railway station

Kinbrace railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kinbrace in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line, 118 miles 20 chains (190.3 kilometres) from Inverness, between Kildonan and Forsinard.[2] The station is managed by ScotRail, who operate the services at the station.

Kinbrace

Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Bhràiste[1]
General information
LocationKinbrace, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates58.2585°N 3.9412°W / 58.2585; -3.9412
Grid referenceNC862316
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeKBC
History
Opened28 July 1874
Original companySutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
28 July 1874Opened
Passengers
2016/17 464
2017/18 376
2018/19 510
2019/20 456
2020/21 44
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Helmsdale had been linked to Inverness by rail in 1870. The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was formed in 1871 to carry the railway onward to Thurso and Wick, by a route which took it through Strath Ullie. The line opened on 28 July 1874[3] and included a station at Kinbrace.[4][5]

Facilities
Kinbrace station, as seen in 2010

The station unusually has two waiting shelters, as well as a help point and bike racks.[6] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Platform layout

The single platform is long enough for a four-coach train.[7]

Passenger volume
Passenger Volume at Kinbrace[8]
  2002-03 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Entries and exits 754 518 562 537 737 792 410 448 778 1,090 1,092 528 456 464 376 510 456 44

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

In the December 2021 timetable, there are four trains north to Wick via Thurso and three south to Inverness from Wick, on weekdays and Saturdays. There is a fourth Wick to Inverness service, but this is does not stop at Kinbrace. There is a single train each way on Sundays.[9] Trains stop at the station on request.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kildonan   ScotRail
Far North Line		   Forsinard
  Historical railways  
Borrobol Platform
Line open, station closed		   Highland Railway
Sutherland and Caithness Railway		   Forsinard
Line and station open

References
  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  3. "The Sunderland and Caithness Railway". The Scotsman. British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1874. Retrieved 14 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.
  5. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  6. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. Brailsford 2017, map 20C.
  8. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219


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