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 Fearn in 2018, looking south | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Hill of Fearn,Highland Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57°46′41″N3°59′38″W / 57.7780°N 3.9940°W /57.7780; -3.9940 | ||||
| Grid reference | NH815782 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FRN[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMSR | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 June 1864[3] | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  850 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  2,980 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 3,754 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 4,062 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 3,780 | ||||
Listed Building – Category B | |||||
| Designated | 6 October 1978 | ||||
| Reference no. | LB7782[4] | ||||
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Fearn railway station is arailway station serving the village ofHill of Fearn in theHighlandcouncil area ofScotland, located around 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from the village. It is situated on theFar North Line, 40 miles 60 chains (65.6 km) formInverness, betweenTain andInvergordon,[5] and is also the nearest station toBalintore,Hilton andShandwick (theSeaboard Villages),Portmahomack and theNigg Bay area ofEaster Ross.ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
The station opened on 1 June 1864, as part of theInverness and Ross-shire Railway, later theHighland Railway and then theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway.[6]
As well as a small car park, there are bike racks, a bench, a waiting shelter and a help point. The station has step free access.[7] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
The railway through Fearn station issingle track, the nearestpassing loops being atInvergordon to the south andTain to the west. The station has a single platform which is long enough for a seven-coach train.[8] The platform is very low and this gives rise to difficulties for passengers who are in any way infirm and unable to climb the height to the coaches, and so fixed steps have been built which align with the doors. At the approach to Fearn station, conductors are obliged to use public address systems to warn alighting passengers of the low platform, and they also frequently do this when inspecting tickets of passengers travelling to Fearn.[citation needed]
| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 1,909 | 5,157 | 5,143 | 6,069 | 5,581 | 7,724 | 6,790 | 6,720 | 7,818 | 7,226 | 6,606 | 6,130 | 5,396 | 5,262 | 5,256 | 4,304 | 4,182 | 850 | 2,980 | 3,754 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
As of the December 2021 timetable, on weekdays and Saturdays, the stations sees 6 trains northbound (4 toWick viaThurso, 1 toTain, and 1 toArdgay), and 7 trains southbound toInverness. On Sundays, the station sees 4 trains northbound (1 to Wick via Thurso, 3 to Tain) and 4 trains to Inverness.[10]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invergordon | ScotRail Far North Line | Tain | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Nigg Line open; Station closed | Highland Railway Inverness and Ross-shire Railway | Tain Line and station open | ||
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