Tain railway station

Tain
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Dhubhthaich
Location
Place	Tain
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	57°48′52″N 4°03′07″W / 57.8144°N 4.0519°W / 57.8144; -4.0519Coordinates: 57°48′52″N 4°03′07″W / 57.8144°N 4.0519°W / 57.8144; -4.0519
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
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	11,174
2005/06	13,837
2006/07	18,521
2007/08	20,847
2008/09	23,922
2009/10	24,340
2010/11	26,944
2011/12	33,638
2012/13	34,016
2013/14	34,578
2014/15	30,004
History
1 June 1864[1]	Opened
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* 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.^[1] Murdoch Paterson was the Engineer involved in the Construction of the Station (1863–1864)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Fearn		Abellio ScotRail Far North Line		Ardgay
	Historical railways
Fearn Line and station open		Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Highland Railway		Meikle Ferry Line open; Station closed

Facilities

Engine Shed

1st Shed

• Former Invergordon Shed (Timber Built) was re-erected and opened in June 1864 (located approximately NH7068.01/1A) - facilities included turntable. Burned down 20 April 1877^[2]

2nd Shed

• Slated Gable Style (Stone Built) Opened in 1877 (Sub-Shed to Helmsdale)- no facilities at the shed but a water column and turntable located at station. Dept closed 18 June 1962(Demolished)^[3]

Turntable

• Demolished (Pit filled in but pit wall tops still visible)

Signal Box South

• Demolished

Signal Box North

• Demolished

Water Tank

• Stone Built sub-structure supporting cast iron tank. Demolished

Services

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.^[4]

References

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Smith, Roger Griffiths & Paul (1999). The directory of British engine sheds and principal locomotive servicing points : Southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales. Sparkford: Oxford. ISBN 0860935426. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tain railway station.

• photo of disused turntable pit before being filled in