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Muir Of Ord Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Muir of Ord railway station, Highland (geograph 4413654).jpg , caption = The view south from the station in 2015 , borough = Muir of Ord, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 2 , code = MOO , original = Inverness and Ross-shire Railway , pregroup = Highland Railway , postgroup = LMS , years = 11 June 1862 , events = OpenedButt (1995) , years1 = 13 June 1960 , events1 = Closed , years2 = 4 October 1976 , events2 = Reopened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is from , between Beauly and Conon Bridge, and is the location of the sole remaining passing loop on the single line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muir Of Ord
Muir of Ord ( gd, Am Blàr Dubh) is a village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated near the western end of the Black Isle, about west of the city of Inverness and south of Dingwall. The village has a population of and sits above sea level. The Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Murchison was born in the village in 1792. In September 2022, the village came to media attention when a local fish and chip shop owner uploaded a Facebook video celebrating the death of Queen Elizabeth II with a bottle of champagne. The owner was then chased away from the village by angry locals who vandalized the chip shop with eggs and tomato ketchup. History Named ''Tarradale'' until 1862, historically access to the village was limited by the natural obstacles of the River Beauly and the River Conon. This changed in 1814 with the construction of the Conon Bridge. Cattle drivers used the new routes to transport livestock and markets were set up in 1820 close to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single Track (rail)
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track. Single track is usually found on lesser-used rail lines, often branch lines, where the level of traffic is not high enough to justify the cost of constructing and maintaining a second track. Advantages and disadvantages Single track is significantly cheaper to build and maintain, but has operational and safety disadvantages. For example, a single-track line that takes 15 minutes to travel through would have capacity for only two trains per hour in each direction safely. By contrast, a double track with signal boxes four minutes apart can allow up to 15 trains per hour in each direction safely, provided all the trains travel at the same speed. This hindrance on the capacity of a single track may be partly overcome by making the track one-way on alternate days, if the single track is not used for public passenger transit. Long freight trains are a problem if the passing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortrose Branch
The Fortrose Branch, also known as the Black Isle Railway, was a railway branch line serving Fortrose in the Black Isle, in the north of Scotland. It was built by the Highland Railway as a tactical measure to exclude a rival railway company and to move the locals from Fortrose onwards to other destinations. It opened in 1894, making a junction with the Far North Railway Line at Muir of Ord. Serving an agricultural and coastal area, it was never commercially successful and in 1951 the passenger service was withdrawn. A goods train service continued, but it too closed in 1960. There is now no railway use of the former line. History The Highland Railway was established in 1865 and became dominant in the area of Scotland between Perth, Inverness and north and west of there. The relatively thin population density in its area of influence meant that great profitability was not available to the company, and it fought strenuously to retain dominance in the area that it considered belong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inverness Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Inverness Station 2.jpg , caption = Inverness railway station , borough = Inverness, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , owned = Network Rail , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 7 , code = INV , original = Inverness and Nairn Railway , pregroup = Highland Railway , postgroup = LMS , years = 5 November 1855 , events = Opened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Inverness railway station is the railway station serving the Scottish city of Inverness. It is the terminus of the Highland Main Line, the Aberdeen–Inverness line (of which the Inverness and Nairn Railway is now a part), the Kyle o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tain Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Tain station.jpg , caption = The platforms at Tain station, looking southeast , borough = Tain, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 2 , code = TAI , original = Inverness and Ross-shire Railway , pregroup = Highland Railway , postgroup = LMSR , years = 1 June 1864 , events = Opened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road , embedded = Tain railway station is an unstaffed railway station serving the area of Tain in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, from , between Fearn and Ardgay. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardgay Railway Station
Ardgay railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ardgay and its neighbour Bonar Bridge in the Highland (council area), Highland Council areas of Scotland, council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, from , between Tain railway station, Tain and Culrain railway station, Culrain. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services. History Opened on 1 October 1864 as Bonar Bridge by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway and designed by Joseph Mitchell (engineer), Joseph Mitchell, it became the meeting point of the Sutherland Railway and the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway. The station joined the Highland Railway, later becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Railways Act 1921, Grouping of 1923; it then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Ardgay on 2 May 1977. When British Rail brand names, sectorisation was introduced by British Rail in the 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invergordon Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Invergordon railway station 2017, 7243.jpg , borough = Invergordon, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 2 , code = IGD , original = Inverness and Ross-shire Railway , pregroup = Highland Railway , postgroup = LMSR , years = 28 July 1874 , events = Opened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Invergordon railway station is a railway station serving the town of Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line, from , between Alness and Fearn. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services. History The station ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dingwall Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Dingwall Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 2996558.jpg , caption = The platforms at Dingwall station, looking south , borough = Dingwall, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 2 , code = DIN , original = Inverness and Ross-shire Railway , pregroup = Highland Railway , postgroup = LMS , years = 11 June 1862 , events = Opened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road , embedded = 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 from Inverness, and is the zero point for the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. It is sited after Conon Bridge heading northbound, with the next station being either Garve or Alness. History The station w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Of Lochalsh Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Kyle of Lochalsh.jpg , caption = 158704 standing at Kyle of Lochalsh, with the Isle of Skye visible in the distance , borough = Kyle of Lochalsh, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 2 , code = KYL , original = Highland Railway , pregroup = Highland Railway , postgroup = LMS , years = 2 November 1897 , events = OpenedButt (1995), p. 137 , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road , embedded = Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is the terminus of the Kyle of Lochalsh Line in the village of Kyle of Lochalsh in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is from . ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all of the services here. History The station was opened on 2 November 1897 by the Highland Railway, following the completion of the extension of the Dingwall and Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurso Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = 158701 Thurso.jpg , caption = 158701 departing Thurso bound for , borough = Thurso, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 1 , code = THS , original = Sutherland and Caithness Railway , pregroup = Highland Railway , postgroup = LMS , years = 28 July 1874 , events = Opened , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road , embedded = Thurso railway station is a railway station located in Thurso, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves the town of Thurso and its surrounding areas in the historic county of Caithness. It is also the nearest station to the port o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wick Railway Station
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = 158701 Wick.jpg , caption = 158701 standing at Wick , borough = Wick, Highland , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 1 , code = WCK , original = Sutherland and Caithness Railway , pregroup = Highland Railway , postgroup = LMS , opened = Butt (1995), page 250 , closed = , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road , embedded = Wick railway station is a railway station located in Wick, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves the town of Wick and other surrounding areas in the historic county of Caithness, including Staxigoe, Papigoe and Haster. The station is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muir Of Ord Railway Station - (4) (geograph 2485371)
"Muir" is the Scots word for " moorland", and Scots Gaelic for "sea", and is the etymological origin of the surname and Clan Muir/Mure/Moore in Scotland and other parts of the world. Places United States * Muir, Willits, California, a former unincorporated community now incorporated in Willits * Muir, Michigan, a village * Muir, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place * Camp Muir, a high altitude refuge on Mount Rainier, Washington * Mount Muir in the Sierra Nevada, California * Muir Pass in the Sierra Nevada * Muir Glacier, Alaska * Muir Grove, a giant sequoia grove in Sequoia National Park, California * Muir site, an archaeological site in Jessamine County, Kentucky Elsewhere * Muir Peak, Antarctica * Lake Muir, Western Australia * Mount Muir (Canadian Rockies), Canada * Muir, a community in the township of Norwich, Ontario, Canada * Muir Seamount, an underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean north of Bermuda Schools * Muir College (other) * Muir Middle School (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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