Newtonmore railway station

Newtonmore railway station serves the village of Newtonmore, Highland, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line. The station is 68 miles 62 chains (110.7 km) from Perth, between Dalwhinnie and Kingussie, and has a single platform which is long enough for a ten-coach train.[3] It is currently the only station on the Highland Main Line to have one platform, although the former second platform can still be seen adjacent to the first platform.[3]

Newtonmore

Scottish Gaelic: Baile Ùr an t-Slèibh[1]
General information
LocationNewtonmore, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57.0595°N 4.1184°W / 57.0595; -4.1184
Grid referenceNN715984
Managed byScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeNWR
History
Original companyInverness and Perth Junction Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
9 September 1863 (1863-09-09)Opened
Passengers
2016/17 8,770
2017/18 9,194
2018/19 7,848
2019/20 7,456
2020/21 1,498
Listed Building – Category B
Designated20 December 1979
Reference no.LB7673[2]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened on 9 September 1863 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (I&PJn) when the I&PJn opened the section from Aviemore to Pitlochry.[4][5]

The station had two platforms, connected with a footbridge, either side of a passing loop, there was a goods yard to the north that was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock, it was equipped with a five-ton crane. There were two signal boxes and a turntable.[6][7]

A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1964 to 1967.[8]

The station was listed for closure in the 1980s but was saved.[9]

Accidents and incidents

The original station buildings were constructed of wood and were destroyed in a fire in April 1893.[10] A replacement station building in stone was erected in 1893.[11]

A serious accident occurred on 2 August 1894 when the morning passenger train from Perth to Inverness collided with a goods train. One passenger was killed and several were badly injured.[12]

On 13 September 1900, James Ormiston, a brakesman was killed in a shunting accident at the station.[13]

Stationmasters
  • Andrew Meiklejohn from 1863[14]
  • Peter Thomson Kennedy 1879 - 1894
  • Mr. Macaulay 1894[15] - 1897 (formerly station master at Rogart, afterwards station master at Achnasheen)
  • Mr. Duncan from 1897 (formerly station master at Achnasheen)
  • J. Aytoun from 1900 (formerly station master at Allangrange)
  • W. Macgregor until 1916
  • Mr Maclennan from 1916[16] (formerly station master at Lybster)
  • Mr Cameron until 1922[17] (afterwards station master at Thurso)
  • Mr MacKay until 1926[18] (afterwards station master at Lairg)
  • W. Greggan from 1926 (formerly station master at Tulliebardine)
  • Jock Paul Macintosh

Facilities

The station has very basic facilities, including a modern waiting shelter, a help point, a small car park and bike racks.[19] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume
Passenger Volume at Newtonmore[20]
  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 4,184 5,396 6,815 6,631 7,060 7,446 7,972 9,484 9,406 8,958 8,326 8,636 9,432 8,770 9,194 7,848 7,456 1,498

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

In the December 2021 timetable, the station is served by 6 trains per day to Inverness, and 3 to Glasgow Queen Street and 1 to Edinburgh, on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, it is served by 3 trains northbound to Inverness, and 1 train to Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh each, as well as a southbound LNER train service to London King's Cross.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Blair Atholl   London North Eastern Railway
Sunday, Southbound Only
East Coast Main Line		   Kingussie
Dalwhinnie or
Blair Atholl or
Pitlochry		   ScotRail
Highland Main Line		   Kingussie
Dalwhinnie   Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Caledonian Sleeper		   Kingussie
  Historical railways  
Dalwhinnie
Line and station open		   Highland Railway
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway		   Kingussie
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. "NEWTONMORE RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. 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. 94. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  4. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 300.
  5. "Opening of the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 16 September 1863. p. 6. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Newtonmore station on OS 25 inch map Inverness-shire - Mainland CI.8 (Kingussie and Insh)". National Library of Scotland. 1900. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 400. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.
  8. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 13 & 20. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  9. Macrae, Helen (10 December 1984). "Bid to get trains back at village". Aberdeen Press and Journal. p. 23. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Newtonmore Railway Station Burned". Glasgow Herald. 22 April 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. The Buildings of Scotland, Highland and Islands. John Gifford. Yale University Press. 1992. ISBN 0-300-09625-9
  12. "Fatal Railway Accident". Western Times. 3 August 1894. p. 8. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. "Killed on the Highland Line". Dundee Courier. 14 September 1900. p. 5. Retrieved 13 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. "Brechin". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 30 July 1863. Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. "Mr Macaulay". John o’Groat Journal. Scotland. 26 October 1894. Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. "Mr Maclennan". Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs. Scotland. 21 July 1916. Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. "Thurso". Northern Ensign and Weekly Gazette. Scotland. 8 June 1922. Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. "Newtonmore loses its stationmaster". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 21 October 1926. Retrieved 11 November 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  20. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2022.


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