Thurso railway station

Thurso
Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Theòrsa
265px A train departing to Inverness
Location
Place	Thurso
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates
Grid reference	ND112679
Operations
Station code	THS
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	38,112
2004/05	37,338
2005/06	35,083
2006/07	32,906
2007/08	37,064
2008/09	43,450
2009/10	47,792
2010/11	48,172
2011/12	48,104
2012/13	46,024
2013/14	43,802
2014/15	42,082
History
Original company	Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
28 July 1874	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thurso from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Thurso railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thurso, Highland and port of Scrabster (for Northlink Ferries to Stromness), in the Highland council area, in the north of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the former county of Caithness. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network: 154 miles (248 km) north of Inverness.

History

The station opened on 28 July 1874. It was identified for closure under the Beeching Axe in the 1960s.

In the past trains from Inverness would split in half at Georgemas Junction, with one portion going to Wick, and the other to Thurso. Prior to the introduction of multiple unit trains by British Rail, a locomotive would be based at Georgemas Junction to take the Thurso portion to and from the junction.

Services

Thurso is served by Abellio ScotRail services to Inverness and Wick.

While the station is at the terminus of the Thurso Branch of the Far North Line, it is not the line's operational end. Trains from Inverness, after arriving at Thurso, go back to Georgemas Junction and then on to Wick, the other terminus of the line.

The typical Monday-Saturday service consists of:

• 4 trains per day to Inverness
• 4 trains per day to Wick

The typical Sunday service consists of:

• 1 train to Inverness
• 1 train to Wick

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		Abellio ScotRail Far North Line		Georgemas Junction
	Ferry services
Scrabster		NorthLink Ferries Ferry		Stromness
	Historical railways
Terminus		Highland Railway Sutherland and Caithness Railway Thurso Branch		Hoy Station closed; Line open

References

• RAILSCOT on Sutherland and Caithness Railway
• ScotRail North Highlands Timetable