Kinbrace | |
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Location | |
Place | Kinbrace |
Local authority | Highland |
Coordinates | 58°15′31″N 3°56′28″W / 58.2585°N 3.9412°WCoordinates: 58°15′31″N 3°56′28″W / 58.2585°N 3.9412°W |
Grid reference | NC862316 |
Operations | |
Station code | KBC |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 1 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2011/12 | 778 |
2012/13 | 1,090 |
2013/14 | 1,092 |
2014/15 | 528 |
2015/16 | 456 |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 28 July 1874 |
Original company | Sutherland and Caithness Railway |
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
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 Kinbrace from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
Kinbrace railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kinbrace in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. Trains stop on request.
Helmsdale had been linked to Inverness by rail in 1870. The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was formed in 1871 to carry the railway onward to Thurso and Wick, by a route which took it through Strath Ullie. The line opened on 28 July 1874 and included a station at Kinbrace.