Inverness railway station
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Inverness railway station ( engl. Inverness railway station, gaelic stèisean - Reile Inbhir Nis ) is the railway station in the Scottish city of Inverness in the Highlands. Near the train station, also there is another bus station, which is also served by inter-city buses.
History
The station was on 5 November 1855 as terminus of the line from Nairn, which was then extended three years after Aberdeen. 1863 came the Highland Main Line from Perth to, but until 1898 the remaining portion mitbenutzte from Forres route from Aberdeen. 1874 followed with the Far North Line 's northernmost railway line and Great Britain to Thurso and Wick in 1897, yet the railway line was opened to Kyle of Lochalsh.
Plant
The head station includes seven tracks, two of which, however, are reset. Only five extend into the main hall. Since the railway station is a railway triangle, not all tracks access in all directions. The tracks 1 to 4 have only access to the route to Aberdeen and the Highland Main Line, the track 5 is the only one that can be used both in this direction and in the direction of Kyle of Lochalsh and Thurso. The tracks 6 and 7, in turn, can only be traveled by trains to and from the direction of Kyle and Thurso. There is a connecting track between the Far North Line and the Highland Main Line, which is not tangent to the railway station. The railway triangle is called Rose Street Junction.
- Track 1: Highland Chieftain and Caledonian Sleeper
- Track 2: Trains to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Track 3: Trains to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Track 4: Trains to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Track 5: trains to Wick - Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh
- Track 6: trains to Wick - Thurso and Kyle of Lochalsh
- Track 7: mostly used as a siding
Operation
The station is owned by Network Rail, the surgical operation is carried out by First ScotRail and East Coast, even though the latter only a pair of trains leads daily to / from Inverness.
First ScotRail
First ScotRail operates the train station with various Train links. The number of connections depends on day of week and time of year; in the summer and on weekdays the traffic is generally denser. After Perth is an approximate two- hour intervals on the Highland Main Line, the trains are thereafter bound to Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley either. The company also serves the routes to Aberdeen and Kyle of Lochalsh and the Far North Line to Wick and Thurso.
In six nights a week also runs the Highland Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness on the HML, Perth and Stirling to Edinburgh Waverley, where he is coupled together with the other two sub- trains from Fort William and Aberdeen and out on the West Coast Main Line to London Euston. Between Edinburgh and London, he forms with 23 cars the longest locomotive-hauled train in Britain.
- Inverness Nairn Elgin ( Aberdeen -Edinburgh Waverley ) 12 trains to Elgin, 11 to Aberdeen, 1 to Edinburgh
- Inverness Perth Stirling Glasgow Queen Street 3 Zugpaarey
- Inverness - Perth - Kirkaldy -Edinburgh Waverley 5 pairs of trains
- Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh 4 pairs of trains
- Inverness -Wick - Thurso 4 pairs of trains
- Inverness Perth Stirling Edinburgh Waverley - London Euston 6 pairs of trains per week
East Coast
East Coast operates a run with a high-speed train composition Intercity, The Highland Chieftain called once per day between Inverness and London Kings Cross via Edinburgh Waverley and the East Coast Main Line. The future of the train is, however, in the stars, because the East Coast is ordered as a replacement for the HST trains only electrically powered trains, although the routes north of Edinburgh are not under tension. A petition to maintain the Highland Chieftain was filed.
- Inverness Perth Stirling Falkirk Edinburgh Waverley Newcastle - London Kings Cross train pair 1 day
Pictures of Inverness railway station
