Helmsdale railway station
Helmsdale 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Bun Ilidh | |
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Train to Wick at Helmsdale 16 June 2009
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| Location | |
| Place | Helmsdale |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 58°07′04″N 3°39′32″W / 58.1177°N 3.6590°WCoordinates: 58°07′04″N 3°39′32″W / 58.1177°N 3.6590°W |
| Grid reference | ND023155 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HMS |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 6,090 |
| 2012/13 |
 5,828 |
| 2013/14 |
5,778 |
| 2014/15 |
5,096 |
| 2015/16 |
6,204 |
| History | |
| Original company | Duke of Sutherland's Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways |
| 28 July 1874 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Helmsdale from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Helmsdale railway station is a railway station serving the village of Helmsdale in the Highland council area, northern Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line.
The station opened on 28 July 1874. The station buildings were designed by the architect William Fowler. The station's passing loop is often used to allow trains in opposite directions to cross, though the points work automatically under the remote supervision of the signalling centre at Inverness.
On 29 April 1891 there was a collision between a down mixed train from Inverness which ran into an engine which had arrived earlier. Major Marindin of the Board of Trade investigated and found that the driver Robert Lindsay deliberately ignored the signals as he would have had difficulty in re-starting the train on the rising gradient of 1 in 59.
The station masters house on the platform was abandoned in the 1980s. In 2013 it was refitted as self-catering holiday accommodation.
Mondays to Saturdays, there are four train each way that call here - southbound to Dingwall & Inverness and northbound to Wick via Thurso. Sundays see a single departure each way.
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