Beauly railway station
Beauly railway station is a railway station in the village of Beauly, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Located on the Far North Line, it is down the line from, and is the first intermediate station on the line, before reaching Muir of Ord. ScotRail, which manages the station, operates all services.
History
Original station
The Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which was to be a line between and, was authorised in 1860, and opened in stages. The first section, between Inverness and, opened on 11 June 1862, and Beauly was one of the stations built for the original line. It had two platforms, a passing loop and a goods shed with sidings that was equipped with a 1½-ton crane. The station was host to an LMS caravan from 1936 to 1939.
The station closed nearly a century later, on 13 June 1960, along with all other stations between Inverness and. This was due to increasing competition from motorbuses, particularly those of Highland Omnibuses Ltd.
2002 reopening
Following a local campaign, the station was reopened on 15 April 2002. A new single platform, shelter and car park were built in a £250,000 project. The platform is the shortest in Great Britain: at the length of, it is shorter than a single carriage of a train that is usually used on this line. The platform's length only allows for a single door on the train to be opened, most frequently it is the frontmost door.
Facilities
There is a small car park at the station, in which there are cycle racks and lockers. On the platform, there is a modern waiting shelter, in which there is a payphone. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Passenger volume
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
As of the December 2024 timetable, on weekdays and Saturdays, the station sees 11 trains northbound, and 13 trains southbound to Inverness. On Sundays, the station sees 6 trains northbound, and 7 trains southbound.