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The route begins at Dingwall station [A] – a junction station with the Far North Line, which runs (mostly) along the Moray Firth and links Inverness with Wick and Thurso. [3] Almost immediately north of Dingwall, the two lines diverge at Dingwall Junction [B] and the line to Kyle of Lochalsh takes a sharp left turn to head west.
The logical route for the original line would have taken it through Strathpeffer, a spa town, and one of the few centres of population, but disagreements with landowners - particularly Sir William Mackenzie of Coul House - meant that it bypassed the town, and the line was diverted through Raven Rock. This diversion consequently proved very ...
Scottish Citylink operates an extensive network of long-distance express services within Scotland, operating 19 routes linking the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling and Inverness, as well as linking some rural Highland communities to the main urban areas of Scotland. [2]
In the Winter 2008/9 timetable the number of trains to and from Wick was increased to four each way on Mondays to Saturdays. First ScotRail also operated a number of shorter distance services on the line from Inverness terminating at Dingwall and Ardgay, as an alternative commuter route to Inverness in addition to the A9 road.
Stagecoach Highlands is a bus operator based in Inverness that runs services in the Scottish Highlands as well as on the Orkney Islands and Isle of Skye.It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group formed in 2008 following the purchase of the independent Rapsons Group, and is today part of the Stagecoach North Scotland group of companies.
The railways based on Inverness were working in partnership. On 1 February 1865 Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway and the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway amalgamated, and on 29 June 1865 a change of name was authorised: the enlarged company was to be called the Highland Railway Company. [8]
In 1913 Inverness-shire County Council offered to contribute an additional £5,000 and the sale was agreed at £27,500; the transfer was authorised by the North British Railway (Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Vesting) Order Confirmation Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. cxciii) of 28 August 1914.
Dingwall railway station serves Dingwall, Scotland. It is located just south of the junction of the Far North Line and the Kyle of Lochalsh Line , and is managed and served by ScotRail . The station is 18 miles 58 chains (30.1 km) from Inverness, and is the zero point for the Kyle of Lochalsh Line .