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Kinbrace railway station

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Place
  
Kinbrace

Station code
  
KBC

2011/12
  
778

Opened
  
28 July 1874

Local authority
  
Highland

Grid reference
  
NC862316

Managed by
  
Abellio ScotRail

2012/13
  
1,090

Number of platforms
  
1

Kinbrace railway station

Address
  
Kinbrace KW11 6UB, United Kingdom

Original company
  
Sutherland and Caithness Railway

Similar
  
Forsinard railway station, Kildonan railway station, Altnabreac railway station, Scotscalder railway station, Invershin railway station

Kinbrace railway station is a railway station serving the village of Kinbrace in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. Trains stop on request.

History

Helmsdale had been linked to Inverness by rail in 1870. The Sutherland and Caithness Railway was formed in 1871 to carry the railway onward to Thurso and Wick, by a route which took it through Strath Ullie. The line opened on 28 July 1874 and included a station at Kinbrace.

References

Kinbrace railway station Wikipedia