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This line is open. Passenger services are provided by Scotrail from Inverness to Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
| Local area Chronology Description of route Inverness Rose Street Junction Ness Viaduct Box Muirton Basin Clachnaharry Box Clachnaharry Bruichnain Box Bunchrew Lentran Clunes Beauly Muir of Ord Conon Dingwall Dingwall Junction Foulis Evanton Alness Invergordon Delny Kildary Nigg Fearn Tain Glenmorangie Siding Edderton Mid Fearn Halt Bonar Bridge Ordinance Survey Grid References Bibliography | .  Dingwall, looking North
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| 1855, 5 November | Inverness and Nairn Railway opens |
| 1860, 3 July | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway Act received; line to be built
from Inverness to Invergordon. Engineer : Joseph Mitchell. Contractor (Inverness to Dingwall) : Meakin |
| 1860, 19 September | First sod cut |
| 1861, March | Dingwall to Invergordon contract awarded to MacDonald & Grieve |
| 1861, 17 May | Inverness and Nairn Railway merges with Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway |
| 1861, December | Keystone of the Ness Viaduct inserted by Miss Mitchell, the engineer's daughter. |
| 1862, 11 June | Inverness to Dingwall opened (Connection made from Harbour line to new platforms in Inverness station, new railway makes connection with the Harbour line. The Harbour line is renamed the Rose Street Curve). |
| 1862, 30 June | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway merges with Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway |
| 1863, 25 March | Dingwall to Invergordon opened |
| 1863, 11 May | Ross-shire Extension Act passed authorising Invergordon to Bonar Bridge |
| 1864 | Clunes opened |
| 1864, 1 June | Invergordon to Meikle Ferry opened |
| 1864, 1 October | Meikle Ferry to Bonar Bridge opened |
| 1865, 1 February | Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway and Inverness and Perth Junction Railway merge |
| 1865, 29 June | Merged company named the Highland Railway |
| 1868, 13 April | Bonar Bridge to Golspie opened by the Sutherland Railway |
| 1869 | Meikle Ferry closed |
| 1869 | Clachnaharry opened |
| 1869 | Parkhill renamed Kildary to avoid confusion with Parkhill on the Great North of Scotland Railway |
| 1870, 19 August | Dingwall and Skye Railway opened |
| 1913 | Clachnaharry closed |
| 1960, 13 June | Alness closed |
| 1973, 7 May | Alness re-opened |
From Inverness to Invergordon.
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the Aviemore and Inverness Direct Railway and the Inverness and Nairn Railway.
Rose Street Junction
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Ness Viaduct Box
The collapsed old Ness Viaduct, note the track hanging into the
river from both ends.
The new Ness Viaduct.
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Clachnaharry Box
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Clachnaharry
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Bruichnain Box
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Bunchrew
This photograph may show the location of Clunes station.
Beauly
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Muir of Ord
This was the junction for the Fortrose Branch.
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the Cromarty Light Railway.
Dingwall
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This is the junction for the former Dingwall
and Syke Railway (now known as the Kyle line).
Foulis
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Evanton
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Alness
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Invergordon
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Invergordon smelter which was connected by rail, the railway running from the foreground
out of a tunnel. The right photograph shows the harbour. Some vestages of the harbour
branch railway can be seen in the foreground.
Delny
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Fearn
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Glenmorangie Siding
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Edderton
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Meikle Ferry
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Mid Fearn Halt
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Bonar Bridge
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Railway.
Ordinance Survey Grid References
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