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Dunrobin Castle railway station

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Place
  
Dunrobin Castle

Station code
  
DNO

2011/12
  
626

Number of platforms
  
1

Grid reference
  
NC849012

Managed by
  
Abellio ScotRail

2012/13
  
628

Local authority
  
Highland

Dunrobin Castle railway station

Address
  
Golspie KW10 6SF, United Kingdom

Original company
  
Duke of Sutherland's Railway

Similar
  
Golspie railway station, Rogart railway station, Fearn railway station, Tain railway station, Brora railway station

Dunrobin Castle railway station is a railway station on the Far North Line in Scotland.

Many timetables list it as being a "summer only" station, closing in late September.

It was originally a private station for the castle, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland. The Arts and Crafts style waiting room was constructed in 1902, and is a category B listed building. Dunrobin Castle is situated near the village of Golspie.

It was described in the Railway Magazine:

The Duke of Sutherland has a beautiful private railway station. As is well-known, his Grace owns a large proportion of the North of Scotland, and his famous seat of Dunrobin Castle in that district has its own station for the Duke and his household, called after the Castle, "Dunrobin." The station is one of those on the line of the Highland Railway, and lies between Brora and Golspie, in Sutherlandshire. The Duke has had the place made not only serviceable, but very picturesque in its design and finish.

The general outline seems to be that of a Swiss chalet, and this appearance is not lessened by the surrounding hilly district. The windows are latticed, and look very cosy, whilst all the waiting-rooms and other necessary adjuncts to such a station are well fitted up. With true patriotism his lordship determined that Scotch pine should be used as far as possible in the construction of his station, so that he had it built of that wood. Thus it is extremely strongly made, as it needs to be to resist the ravages of snow and wind that sweep so terribly across the Sutherland moors in winter.

References

Dunrobin Castle railway station Wikipedia