Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway

[v · d · e]  Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
Locale Scotland Dates of operation 8 July 1892 – 31 December 1922 Successor line London Midland and Scottish Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Inverness Rose Street Junction Welsh's Bridge Junction Millburn Junction    Inverness and Nairn Railway Culloden Moor Daviot Moy Tomatin Slochd Summit Carrbridge    Inverness and Perth Junction Railway now operated by Strathspey Railway Aviemore    Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

The Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway was built by the Highland Railway to provide a direct route between Inverness and Aviemore.

History

With the Act of Parliament was passed on 28 July 1884, with the line being opened between Aviemore and Carrbridge on 8 July 1892, between Carrbridge and Daviot 19 July 1897 and the final section to Millburn Junction in Inverness on 1 November 1898.

As part of the Highland Railway the line became part of the LMS in 1923.

When British Railways took control of the line, Dr Beeching ordered the closure of small country stations. The only surving stations on this line were Inverness, Carrbridge and Aviemore.

Connections to other lines

• At Inverness to the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
• At Inverness to the Inverness and Nairn Railway.
• At Aviemore to the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

Current operations

The line is still open as part of the Highland Main Line operated by First ScotRail.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• RAILSCOT on Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway