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Helmsdale Station
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
- Council Highland
- Parish Kildonan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
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.
