Inverness Railway Station
| Inverness Railway Station | |
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 Two trains on tracks 5 and 6 at Inverness Station
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| Data | |
| Design | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 7th |
| abbreviation | INV |
| IBNR | 7001204 |
| opening | 1855 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Inverness |
| Unitary Authority | Highland |
| Part of the country | Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 57 ° 28 '48 " N , 4 ° 13' 23" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The Inverness Station (Engl. Inverness railway station , gaelic stèisean-Reile Inbhir Nis ) is the station of the Scottish city of Inverness in the Council area Highland . There is also a bus station near the train station, which is also served by intercity buses.
history
The station was opened on November 5, 1855 as the terminus of the railway line from Nairn , which was extended to Aberdeen three years later . In 1863, the Highland Main Line from Perth was added, which, however, shared the remaining section from Forres from Aberdeen until 1898 . 1874 followed with the Far North Line, the northernmost railway line in Great Britain to Thurso and Wick and in 1897 the railway line to Kyle of Lochalsh was added.
investment
The terminus has seven tracks, two of which are set back. Only five reach into the main hall. Since the station is in a triangle, not all tracks have access in all directions. Tracks 1 to 4 only have access to the Aberdeen and Highland Main Line, track 5 is the only one that can be used both in that direction and towards Kyle of Lochalsh and Thurso. The tracks 6 and 7 can only be used by trains going to or from Kyle and Thurso. There is a connecting track between the Far North Line and the Highland Main Line that does not affect the station. The track triangle is called Rose Street Junction .
- Usual track usage
- Track 1: Highland Chieftain and Caledonian Sleeper
- Platform 2: Trains to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Platform 3: Trains to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Platform 4: Trains to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Platform 5: Trains to Wick – Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh
- Platform 6: Trains to Wick – Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh
- Track 7: mostly used as a siding
business
The station is owned by Network Rail , the operations are carried out by ScotRail , Serco and Virgin Trains East Coast , even if the latter two only run one pair of trains a day to / from Inverness.
ScotRail
ScotRail serves the station with various train routes. The number of connections depends on the day of the week and the time of year; Traffic is generally denser in summer and on weekdays. After Perth is an approximate two-hour intervals on the Highland Main Line , the trains are then either Glasgow Queen Street or Edinburgh Waverley by bound. The company also operates the routes to Aberdeen and Kyle of Lochalsh and the Far North Line to Wick and Thurso. The Scotrail franchise, which has been part of the FirstGroup since 2005 , was taken over by Abellio on April 1, 2015 .
- Inverness – Nairn– Elgin (–Aberdeen – Edinburgh Waverley) 12 trains to Elgin, 11 to Aberdeen, 1 to Edinburgh
- Inverness – Perth – Stirling – Glasgow Queen Street 3 pairs of trains
- Inverness – Perth– Kirkcaldy –Edinburgh Waverley 5 pairs of trains
- Inverness – Kyle of Lochalsh 4 pairs of trains
- Inverness – Wick – Thurso 4 pairs of trains
Serco
On six nights a week, the Serco- operated Highland Caledonian Sleeper also travels from Inverness via the HML, Perth and Stirling to Edinburgh Waverley, where it is coupled with the other two trains from Fort William and Aberdeen and via the West Coast Main Line to London Euston is run. With 23 carriages, it forms the longest locomotive-hauled train in Great Britain between Edinburgh and London. The Caledonian Sleeper had been operated by First until March 2015.
Virgin Trains East Coast
Virgin Trains East Coast operates an InterCity run by a high-speed train , called The Highland Chieftain , once a day between Inverness and London Kings Cross via Edinburgh Waverley and the East Coast Main Line . The long-term operation of the pair of trains is uncertain, however, as in the course of the Intercity Express Program (IEP) only electrically powered trains should be ordered as successors to the HST trains and the routes north of Edinburgh are not electrified. A petition to keep the Highland Chieftain has been filed. When Virgin Trains took over the East Coast franchise in March 2015, the pair of trains was retained, and trains with bimodal drives (diesel and electric) are now also provided for in the IEP.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Butt, RVJ (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
- ↑ Global rail news: Abellio ScotRail franchise launched, April 1, 2015 , accessed on April 23, 2015
- ^ Save the Highland Chieftain ( Memento from March 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )