Login | Register
Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Helmsdale Station

  • Details
  • Collections
  • Images

Railway Station (19th Century) (1871)

Site Name Helmsdale Station

Classification Railway Station (19th Century) (1871)

Alternative Name(s) Helmsdale Railway Station; Duke Of Sutherland's Railway

Canmore ID 7483

Site Number ND01NW 64

NGR ND 02385 15482

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7483

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
Canmore Disclaimer. © Bluesky International Limited 2025. Public Sector Viewing Terms

Toggle Aerial | View on large map
  • Correction

Digital Images

View of station house from ESE
View of station house from ESEView of station house from WView from SE showing footbridge and down platform waiting room.Detail of signal box from SE.Detail of down platform waiting room from SE.View of station house from WView from SE showing footbridge and down platform waiting room.Detail of signal box from SE.View of Helmsdale Station, footbridge and south signal box.View of station house, footbridge, signal box and platforms from SElevated view of signal box and NW end of station from SEDetail of down platform waiting room from SE.View of footbridge and signal box from SSEDetail of down platform waiting room from SE.Elevated view of station house with up and down platforms from NWView of Helmsdale Railway Station from NE, built in 1871 for the Duke of Sutherland's Railway.Helmsdale Station, ND01NW 64, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoHelmsdale, Station View of platform buildings and footbridge, from EView down track from N at S end of station.View of station house from WElevated view of station house with up and down platforms from NWView of footbridge and signal box from SSEElevated view of signal box and NW end of station from SEView down track from N at S end of station.View of station house, footbridge, signal box and platforms from SElevated view of signal box and NW end of station from SEView from SE showing footbridge and down platform waiting room.Detail of signal box from SE.Helmsdale, Station View of rear of station building, from SW View of station house from ESEElevated view of station house with up and down platforms from NWView of station house from ESE

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kildonan
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

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.

Further Details

References

MyCanmore Image Contributions


Contribute an Image

MyCanmore Text Contributions


Contribute Text