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The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick. As the name suggests, it is the northernmost railway in the United Kingdom. The line is entirely single-track, with only passing loops at some intermediate stations allowing trains to pass each other. Like other ...
The Far North Line was built in several stages through sparsely populated and undulating terrain within the Highland area of Scotland.Extending to 161 miles (259 km), it runs north from Inverness to Wick and Thurso in Caithness, and currently carries a regular passenger train service.
The station is situated at the end of a short branch line off the Far North Line. It is 6 miles 50 chains (10.7 km) down the line from the start of the branch at Georgemas Junction, and 153 miles 70 chains (247.6 km) from Inverness. [3] Thurso has a single platform, which is long enough to accommodate a nine-carriage train. [4]
Prior to this, 3 departures in each direction was the standard service on the line for many years. [11] In the December 2021 timetable, the station sees 6 services northbound on weekdays (4 to Wick via Thurso, 1 to Ardgay, 1 to Tain) and 4 northbound on Sundays (1 to Wick, 3 to Tain). On weekdays and Saturdays, there are 9 services southbound ...
The line from London to the Channel Tunnel is the only line designated 'high speed', although the other main routes also operate limited-stop express services. The bulk of the secondary network is concentrated in London and the surrounding East and South East regions; an area marketed by National Rail as London and the South East .
It is the only Metro-North line used exclusively by that carrier (no use by Amtrak, though CSX services freight customers as far north as Mount Vernon) and the only one that uses the entirety of existing track. It is colored blue on Metro-North timetables and system maps, and stations on the line
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.
This line is a rarely-used piece of track which avoids the station, linking the Far North and Kyle of Lochalsh lines to the Highland Main Line and the line to Aberdeen. [15] In recent years it has fallen in to disuse, but up to 2019 it was used weekly on Saturdays by a train from Kyle of Lochalsh to Elgin . [ 16 ]