London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1894
station opened
1 October 1951
Station closed to passengers
13 June 1960[1]
Line closed
Fortrose was the terminus of a single track branch of the Highland Railway in north east Scotland. It connected villages in the Black Isle peninsula to the railway network via a junction at Muir of Ord.
Authorisation was obtained on 4 July 1890 to build a 15.75 mile (25 km) branch line from Muir of Ord to Rosemarkie; however the line never proceeded beyond Fortrose.[2]
^Passengers No More - first edition- by G.Daniels and L.Dench page 53
^Vallance, pages 44 - 45.
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