Attadale railway station

Attadale railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Attadale on Loch Carron in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is 48 miles 22 chains (77.7 km) from Dingwall, between Strathcarron and Stromeferry. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

Attadale Scottish Gaelic: Atadal
General information
Location	Attadale, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	57.3945°N 5.4553°W / 57.3945; -5.4553
Grid reference	NG924390
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	ATT
History
Original company	Dingwall and Skye Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
1880	Station opened
Passengers
2018/19	1,322
2019/20	1,228
2020/21	62
2021/22	764
2022/23	1,042
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened in 1880 by the Highland Railway, even though the line through Attadale had been opened ten years earlier. Some give the opening date of the station as 1875 or 1877, but only as a private halt, affirming its public opening in 1880.

Facilities

A Class 158 DMU departing Attadale bound for Kyle of Lochalsh

The platform has a waiting room, help point, bench and bike racks. The station is not step-free. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Attadale

	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	216	325	398	439	469	472	478	526	968	658	998	784	820	938	1,170	1,322	1,228	62	764	1,042

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays/Saturdays and one each way all year on Sundays, plus a second from May to late September only.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Strathcarron		ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Stromeferry
	Historical railways
Strathcarron Line and station open		Highland Railway Dingwall and Skye Railway		Stromeferry Line and station open

Cultural References

The station featured in episode one of the Channel 4 documentary series Paul Merton's Secret Stations on 1 May 2016, when presenter Paul Merton alighted there en route to visiting a salmon breeding farm on the shores of Loch Carron.

Bibliography

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Quick, Michael (2022). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
• Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-24-0.

External links

• Train times and station information for Attadale railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map