Tain railway station
Tain 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Baile Dhubhthaich | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Tain |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Coordinates | 57°48′52″N 4°03′07″W / 57.8144°N 4.0519°WCoordinates: 57°48′52″N 4°03′07″W / 57.8144°N 4.0519°W |
| Grid reference | NH781823 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TAI |
| 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 |
 33,638 |
| 2012/13 |
34,016 |
| 2013/14 |
34,578 |
| 2014/15 |
 30,004 |
| 2015/16 |
27,896 |
| History | |
| Original company | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| 1 June 1864 | 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 Tain from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Tain railway station is a railway station serving the burgh of Tain in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line and is currently (2012) unmanned.
In its heyday the station had a staff of approximately thirty people. The station was opened on 1 June 1864 by the Highland Railway.Murdoch Paterson was the Engineer involved in the Construction of the Station (1863–1864)
There are four through trains northbound to Wick & Thurso in the May 2016 timetable and eight trains to Inverness southbound on weekdays & Saturdays. The additional departures to Inverness run mainly in the morning peak & evening and are run primarily for commuters. On Sundays there are four trains to Inverness and a single departure to Wick.
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