Newtonmore railway station
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Newtonmore railway station is a railway station
serving the village of Newtonmore
, Highland
, Scotland
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
and is on the Highland Main Line
.
The station is served by trains to Inverness
and Glasgow
or Edinburgh
, a daily train service to London King's Cross, and a nightly Caledonian Sleeper
service to London Euston. The station has just one platform; since it was shortened the main building is now a holiday home and is now no longer part of the platform. Because the platform is short, express services overrun the platform commonly. The station was listed for closure but was saved because it provided crucial transport links to the Scottish and English capitals daily.
Train station
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serving the village of Newtonmore
Newtonmore
Newtonmore is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of about 1000. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland...
, Highland
Highland (council area)
Highland is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute. Their councils, and those of Angus and...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
and is on the Highland Main Line
Highland Main Line
The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. It is long and runs through the Scottish Highlands linking a series of small towns and villages with Perth at one end and Inverness at the other. Today, services between Inverness and Edinburgh, Glasgow and London use the line...
.
The station is served by trains to Inverness
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
and Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
or Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, a daily train service to London King's Cross, and a nightly Caledonian Sleeper
Caledonian Sleeper
The Caledonian Sleeper is a sleeper train service operated by First ScotRail and one of only two remaining sleeper services running on the railways of Great Britain, the other being the Night Riviera....
service to London Euston. The station has just one platform; since it was shortened the main building is now a holiday home and is now no longer part of the platform. Because the platform is short, express services overrun the platform commonly. The station was listed for closure but was saved because it provided crucial transport links to the Scottish and English capitals daily.