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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Beauly railway station is a railway station in the village of Beauly, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Located on the Far North Line, it is Шаблон:Convert down the line from Шаблон:Rws, and it is the first intermediate station on the line, before reaching Muir of Ord.[1] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

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Beauly station in 1961

Original station

The Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which was to be a line between Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws, was authorised in 1860, and opened in stages.Шаблон:Sfn The first section, between Inverness and Шаблон:Rws, opened on 11 June 1862,[2] and Beauly was one of the stations built for the original line.Шаблон:Sfn It had two platforms, a passing loop and a goods shed with sidings that was equipped with a 1½-ton crane.[3][4] The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1936 to 1939.Шаблон:Sfn

The station closed nearly a century later, on 13 June 1960,Шаблон:Sfn along with all other stations between Inverness and Шаблон:Rws. This was due to increasing competition from motorbuses, particularly those of Highland Omnibuses Ltd.[5]

2002 reopening

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The platform, looking northwest

Following a local campaign, the station was reopened on 15 April 2002.Шаблон:Sfn A new single platform, shelter and car park were built in a £250,000 project.[6] The platform is the shortest in Great Britain: at the length of Шаблон:Convert,[7] it is shorter than a single carriage of a Шаблон:Brc train that is usually used on this line.

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Facilities

There is a small car park at the station, in which there are cycle racks and lockers. On the platform, there is a modern waiting shelter, in which there is a payphone.[8] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Beauly[9]
2002–03 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Entries and exits 21,337 26,616 28,384 35,860 41,878 52,422 51,094 49,858 54,536 55,236 57,946 57,446 59,406 52,870 51,522 48,270 46,510 14,918 30,178 36,588

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

As of the May 2022 timetable, on weekdays and Saturdays, the station sees 11 trains northbound (3 to Wick via Thurso, 4 to Kyle of Lochalsh, 1 to Dingwall, 1 to Invergordon, 1 to Ardgay and 1 to Tain), and 13 trains southbound to Inverness. On Sundays, the station sees 6 trains northbound (1 to Wick, 1 to Kyle of Lochalsh, 1 to Invergordon and 3 to Tain), and 6 trains southbound.[10]Шаблон:Rail start Шаблон:Rail line Шаблон:Historical Rail Insert Шаблон:Rail line Шаблон:S-end

References

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Bibliography

External links

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