Invershin railway station
Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 61 miles 34 chains from Inverness, between Culrain and Lairg. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Invershin, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “INH”, “Invershin”, “Invershin Railway Station”, and “Invershin Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shin Railway Viaduct and Carbisdale Castle.
Shin Railway Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Graeme Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Shin Railway Viaduct is a railway viaduct that crosses the Kyle of Sutherland.The viaduct carries the Far North Line between Inverness and Wick and Thurso. Invershin railway station is at the north-eastern end of the viaduct, while Culrain railway station is a short distance to the south. Shin Railway Viaduct is situated 410 feet southwest of Invershin railway station.
Carbisdale Castle
Castle
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carbisdale Castle was built in 1907 for the Duchess of Sutherland on a hill across the Kyle of Sutherland from Invershin in the Scottish Highlands. From 1945 to 2011 it was used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.
Culrain railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. Culrain railway station is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Invershin railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Invershin and Culrain.
Invershin
Village
Photo: Andrew Longton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invershin is a scattered village in the Parish of Creich, 6 miles south of Lairg and 4 miles north of Bonar Bridge in the south of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Culrain
Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culrain is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. In 1650, the Battle of Carbisdale took place just outside the village.
Inveran
Hamlet
Inveran is a small village in the Parish of Creich located in the Sutherland region of the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated on the A837 at the head of the Dornoch Firth and the site of the Shin Hydro-electric Power Station.
Invershin railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.92485° or 57° 55′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.39958° or 4° 23′ 59″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“INH”Open location code
9C9QWJF2+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 7195699512OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Invershin railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Invershin”
- Dutch: “Station Invershin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة اينڤيرشين”
- French: “gare d’Invershin”
- French: “Invershin”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Invershin”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Invershin railway station”. Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.