Culrain railway station

Culrain
Scottish Gaelic: Cul Raoin
265px Culrain station with students who have stayed at Carbisdale Castle waiting for the train (1996)
Location
Place	Culrain
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates
Grid reference	NH576947
Operations
Station code	CUA
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	2,016
2005/06	1,707
2006/07	1,771
2007/08	1,785
2008/09	1,886
2009/10	1,722
2010/11	1,708
2011/12	526
2012/13	474
2013/14	628
History
Original company	Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
1871	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 Culrain from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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File:Beltring running board.JPG

Station nameboard now preserved at the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway

Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain on the Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. The railway line through Culrain is single track, with the nearest passing loop to the north being at Lairg and to the south at Ardgay.

The station is close to Carbisdale Castle, which operated from 1945 to 2011 as a youth hostel owned by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. The hostel has been closed since 2011 as a result of structural damage and it is unclear when or whether it will reopen.

Services

Timetable changes in December 2008 increased the number of trains through Culrain. On Mondays to Saturdays, there are four trains a day southbound to Inverness and three a day northbound to Wick. On Sundays, there is one train in each direction.

In December 2013 it became a request stop.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ardgay		Abellio ScotRail Far North Line		Invershin
	Historical railways
Bonar Bridge Line and Station open		Highland Railway Sutherland Railway		Invershin Line and Station open