Rogart railway station

Rogart railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Rogart and Pittentrail, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 77 miles 1 chain (123.9 km) from Inverness, between Golspie and Lairg.[2]

Rogart

Scottish Gaelic: Sgìre Raoird[1]
General information
LocationRogart, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates57.9886°N 4.1584°W / 57.9886; -4.1584
Grid referenceNC724019
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeROG
History
Original companySutherland Railway
Pre-groupingHighland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
Key dates
13 July 1868Opened as Rogart
13 June 1960Closed
6 March 1961Reopened
12 June 1961Renamed Rogart Halt
?Renamed Rogart
Passengers
2016/17 1,948
2017/18 1,630
2018/19 1,574
2019/20 1,656
2020/21 150
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The Sutherland Railway opened between Bonar Bridge and Golspie on 13 April 1868.[3] Among the intermediate stations was one at Rogart, which opened with the line.[4]

In common with six other stations north of Bonar Bridge (now Ardgay), the station at Rogart was closed on 13 June 1960 with the intention of making economies; but the cuts were seen as too drastic, and Rogart station alone was reopened on 6 March 1961.[4][5] Three months later, on 12 June 1961, it was renamed Rogart Halt, but has since reverted to Rogart.[4]

Facilities
Rogart station, looking south from the level crossing.

The station has benches on both platforms, with a shelter on platform 1, and a waiting area on platform 2. there are also bike racks and a help point on platform 2, as well as a small car park adjacent to platform 2.[6]

Platform layout

The platform on the northbound line can accommodate trains having five coaches, whereas the southbound platform can hold six.

Passenger volume
Passenger Volume at Rogart[7]
  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 1,503 1,633 1,645 1,356 1,472 1,538 1,844 1,456 1,736 1,662 1,662 1,522 1,710 1,948 1,630 1,574 1,656 150

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

The station sees 4 trains to Inverness and 4 trains to Wick, on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays this drops to just 1 train each way.[8]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Lairg   ScotRail
Far North Line		   Golspie
  Historical railways  
Lairg
Line and station open		   Highland Railway
Sutherland Railway		   The Mound
Line open, station closed

References
  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  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. 102. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  3. Vallance, Clinker & Lambert 1985, p. 35.
  4. Butt 1995, p. 199.
  5. Vallance, Clinker & Lambert 1985, pp. 161–2.
  6. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219

Bibliography
  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.
  • Yonge, John (December 2007) [1987]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). 1: Scotland & Isle of Man. Railway Track Diagrams (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6.


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