Culrain railway station
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Culrain, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “CUA”, “Culrain”, “Culrain Railway Station”, and “Culrain Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carbisdale Castle and 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.
Invershin railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Invershin railway station is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Culrain railway station.
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 1,800 feet northeast of Culrain railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culrain and Invershin.
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.
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.
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. Inveran is situated 1½ miles north of Culrain railway station.
Culrain railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.91959° or 57° 55′ 11″ northLongitude
-4.40453° or 4° 24′ 16″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“CUA”Open location code
9C9QWH9W+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 7195733793OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Culrain railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Culrain”
- Dutch: “Station Culrain”
- French: “Culrain”
- French: “gare de Culrain”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Culrain”
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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 “Culrain railway station”. Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.