Invergordon railway station
Invergordon 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ghòrdain | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Invergordon |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 57°41′21″N 4°10′28″W / 57.6891°N 4.1745°WCoordinates: 57°41′21″N 4°10′28″W / 57.6891°N 4.1745°W |
| Grid reference | NH704686 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | IGD |
| 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 |
 34,564 |
| 2012/13 |
34,974 |
| 2013/14 |
36,356 |
| 2014/15 |
 31,962 |
| 2015/16 |
29,054 |
| History | |
| Original company | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| 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 Invergordon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Invergordon railway station was a railway station serving the town of Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was located on the Far North Line.
The station consisted of two side platforms with two tracks forming a passing loop on the predominantly single-track line from Dingwall to Thurso and Wick. The permanent station buildings were all on the southbound platform, the northbound platform having a simple shelter. As of 2011 the buildings were not in use. In 2008/2009, the station underwent a brightening-up programme run by the Invergordon "Off The Wall" group.
Northbound, leaving the station, the track snaked under a one-way road bridge and ran alongside Park Primary school until turning into single track; it then ran through the Invergordon distillery and Inverbreakie housing estate. It then entered the woods.
The station's usage had more than doubled since 2004/2005.
The station was located at the south end of Invergordon high street and was easily accessible from all areas of Invergordon, the closest area being the densely populated area of South lodge.
The station had seen a number of timetable improvements since 2008, with the addition of an extra through train each way to/from Wick on weekdays and further shorter distance services to/from Inverness aimed at the commuter market (these mainly run as far as Tain or Ardgay). Prior to this, 3 departures in each direction was the standard service on the line for many years.
In the May 2016 timetable, there were seven trains from (plus an extra late service on Fridays & Saturdays only) and nine trains to Inverness Mon-Sat with four of these running the length of the line to Thurso & Wick. On Sundays, there was a single train to/from Wick and five to Inverness (three of these ran to Tain whilst the other started here).
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