Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings

Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings is in Highland Council, Scotland. Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings is situated nearby to Tain railway station, as well as near St Duthus Collegiate Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tain railway station and Tain & District Museum.

Tain railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tain railway station is an unstaffed railway station serving the area of Tain in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 44 miles 23 chains from Inverness, between Fearn and Ardgay. Tain railway station is situated 420 feet east of Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings.

Tain & District Museum

Museum

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The Tain & District Museum is located in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland. It is volunteer-run and is open April to October part of the Tain Through Time visitor centre. The museum was established in 1966 and has a collection of silver made in the local area. Tain & District Museum is situated 1,000 feet south of Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings.

Tain Royal Academy

School

Tain Royal Academy is a secondary school in Highland, Scotland. The school first opened in 1813, with a new building opened in 1969 and an educational campus currently being built, due to open in 2026. Tain Royal Academy is situated 2,600 feet south of Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tain and Hill of Fearn.

Tain

Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tain is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 3570 in 2020. It's on the coast 40 miles north of Inverness on the A9 and the railway line to Thurso.

Hill of Fearn

Village

Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hill of Fearn is a small village near Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland. Hill of Fearn is situated 4½ miles southeast of Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings.

Edderton

Village

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Edderton is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has approximately 388 inhabitants. Edderton is situated 4½ miles west of Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings.

Tain Civil Engineer’s Sidings

Type: Railway
Category: transportation
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.81486° or 57° 48′ 54″ north

Longitude

-4.05418° or 4° 3′ 15″ west

Operator

Network Rail

Open location code

9C9QRW7W+W8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 558631764

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=railway

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=yard

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