Fortrose railway station

Fortrose
Location
Place	Fortrose
Area	Ross and Cromarty
Operations
Original company	Fortrose Branch of the Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1 February 1894	station opened
1 October 1951	Station closed to passengers
13 October 1960	Line closed
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Fortrose was the terminus of a single track branch of the Highland Railway, in north east Scotland. It connected villages in The Black Isle peninsula to the railway network via a junction at Muir of Ord.

Authorisation was obtained on 4 July 1890 to build a 15.75 mile (25 km) branch line from Muir of Ord to Rosemarkie; however the line never proceeded beyond Fortrose.

Other stations

• Muir of Ord - still open
• Redcastle
• Allangrange
• Munlochy
• Avoch
• Fortrose - town

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Vallance, H.A. (1985). The Highland Railway. 4th Extended edition: extra material by C.R. Clinker and Anthony J. Lambert. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.

External links

• RAILSCOT article on the Fortrose Branch