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Celebrating 150 years of the Far North Line

The line was built in stages from 1862 and finally opened all the way from Inverness to Wick in 1874. Forty-five stations were constructed along the route and of these only three were closed before the general rationalisation of 1960. The closures were based on a mileage-between-station basis rather than on likely passenger use and some sizable communities lost their station, such as Beauly, Conon Bridge and Evanton whilst at other smaller settlements the station was retained. In 1973 and 1976, respectively, the stations in Alness and Muir of Ord were reopened, and 2002 saw the reopening of Beauly station. Conon Bridge station was reopened in 2013. There are four trains each way per day plus a much improved Invernet service and an all year Sunday service of two trains in summer and one in winter. Improvements to connections to the South and East have been made.