Avoch railway station

Avoch railway station was a station on the single track branch of the Highland Railway, in north east Scotland. The line connected villages in The Black Isle peninsula to the railway network via a junction at Muir of Ord.

Avoch
The site of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1894	Station opened[1]
1 October 1951	Station closed to passengers[1]
13 June 1960[2]	Line closed
Location

History

Opened by the Highland Railway in 1894, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by British Railways.

Authorisation was obtained on 4 July 1890 to build a 15.75 mile (25 km) branch line from Muir of Ord to Rosemarkie; however the line never proceeded beyond Fortrose.^[3]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Rosehaugh		Highland Railway Fortrose Branch		Fortrose