Kingussie
Station 70
Rudy arrived at 17:37 on a train from Glasgow Queen Street. He stayed for a short holiday, departing four days later on the 09:36 service back to Glasgow.
Kingussie is on the Highland Main Line in the middle of the Cairngorms. The station was opened by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway company at the same time as the railway line in September 1863. The main station building dates from 1893 and features a grand canopy over an extra wide platform space. This layout is apparently due to the current building being constructed behind the old wooden office which was only removed once the new building was complete! There’s a iron lattice footbridge linking the two platforms and the Kingussie signal box sits between the end of the west-bound platform and the level crossing.
Our Photo Gallery from Kingussie Station:
Kingussie Station Rudy arrives at Kingussie. Kingussie Signal Box Free drinks! (for dogs) Kingussie Railway Station from Station Road.
Other than the footbridge there is step-free access between platforms at Kingussie by a going round behind the signal box and across the level crossing. There should be station staff available to help with any other needs & questions from morning until mid-afternoon (except on sundays) but all trains through here are worked with conductors or train managers to provide fulltime assistance needs.
On the train to Kingussie
This was our first visit to a station on the Highland Main Line between Perth & Inverness since starting Rudy’s Railway Adventures. The railway runs through the Cairngorm mountains and the scenery is suitably impressive. The Scottish weather dictates how much you get to enjoy and he refurbished ScotRail inter7city HST trains have highly reflective windows which can make capturing the view on camera tricky on duller days – which is a shame because that’s often when the Cairngorms look most impressive!
Such a patient train travelling dog.
