Clunes railway station (Scotland)

Clunes
View towards the site of the station, 1986
General information
Location	Near Kirkhill, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	57°29′02″N 4°24′22″W / 57.484°N 4.406°W / 57.484; -4.406
Grid reference	NH558463
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
20 August 1863[1]	Station opened
13 June 1960	Closed to passengers
27 January 1964	Closed to goods
Location

Clunes railway station was a railway station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, on the Inverness to Dingwall section. It was situated to the north of the village of Kirkhill.

The line became part of the Highland Railway on 1 February 1865, then, at grouping in 1923, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

A passing loop was opened at Clunes in 1904. In 1914, this became the end of a 6 mile long double track section from Clachnaharry. This section reverted to single track in 1966.

• Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985). The Highland Railway: The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). David St John Thomas. ISBN 0946537232.
• Ordnance Survey, 1:25,000 map NH54, 1961