Archaeology Notes

Event ID 773461

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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ND01NW 64.00 02385 15482

ND01NW 64.01 ND 02363 15497 Footbridge

ND01NW 64.02 ND 02359 15518 Signal Box

See also NH79NE 45.

(Location cited as ND 023 150). Helmsdale Railway Station, built 1871 for the Duke of Sutherland's Railway. A two-platform through station with a one-storey and attic building on a T plan, with a platform awning in one angle. On the up platform is a small wooden shelter, and the platforms are linked by a lattice-girder footbridge.

J R Hume 1977.

This intermediate station on the Inverness - Wick and Thurso ('Far North') line of the former Highland Rly was opened on 19 June 1871 by the Duke of Sutherland's Rly. It remains in regular use by passenger traffic.

Information by RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 January 2001.

R V J Butt 1995.