Muir of Ord Scottish Gaelic:Am Blàr Dubh[1]
The view south from the station in 2015
General information
Location	Muir of Ord,Highland Scotland
Coordinates	57°31′03″N4°27′37″W / 57.5175°N 4.4602°W /57.5175; -4.4602
Grid reference	NH527501
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MOO[2]
History
Original company	Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
11 June 1862	Opened[3]
13 June 1960	Closed
4 October 1976	Reopened
Passengers
2019/20	70,850
2020/21	13,556
2021/22	41,230
2022/23	47,688
2023/24	52,306
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Muir of Ord railway station is arailway station on theKyle of Lochalsh Line and theFar North Line, serving the village ofMuir of Ord in theHighlandcouncil area ofScotland. The station is 13 miles 4 chains (13.05 mi; 21.0 km) fromInverness, betweenBeauly andConon Bridge, and is the location of the sole remainingpassing loop on thesingle line betweenDingwall andInverness.^[4]

Muir of Ord railway station was once the junction of abranch railway toFortrose. The station building and platform canopy were erected in 1894,^[5] 32 years after the station itself opened.^[6] Passenger services on the branch ceased on 1 October 1951, but the branch remained open for freight until 13 June 1960. Muir of Ord station was closed on 13 June 1960 but reopened in 1976, on 4 October.^[6]

After the railway bridge across theRiver Ness washed away in February 1989, isolating the entire network north ofInverness, Muir of Ord was chosen as the location for a temporary depot, from which the stranded rolling stock could operate the service to the highland communities which depended on the line.^[7]

In November 2015, work commenced on a new A862 road bridge at the northern end of the station.^[8]

Both platforms have modern waiting shelters and benches, with step-free access. There is a car park and bike racks adjacent to platform 1, along with a help point near to the entrance from the car park.^[9] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

The station has apassing loop 32 chains (700 yd; 640 m) long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a ten-coach train.^[10]

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

As of the December 2021 timetable, on weekdays and Saturdays, the station sees 12 trains northbound (4 toWick viaThurso, 4 toKyle of Lochalsh, 1 toDingwall, 1 toInvergordon, 1 toArdgay and 1 toTain), and 14 trains southbound toInverness. On Sundays, the station sees 6 trains northbound (1 to Wick, 1 to Kyle of Lochalsh, 1 to Invergordon and 3 to Tain), and 6 trains southbound.^[12]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Beauly or Inverness		ScotRail Far North Line Kyle of Lochalsh Line		Conon Bridge orDingwall
	Historical railways
Beauly		Highland Railway Inverness and Ross-shire Railway		Conon
Terminus		Highland Railway Fortrose Branch		Redcastle

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987].Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps.ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.
• Quick, Michael (2022).Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology(PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.

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