The station opened on 1 November 1870.[3][6] The former station buildings are now unused but together with the cast iron footbridge are a listed building.[4]
In the early 1870s the Duke of Sutherland opened a coal mine and adjacent brickworks at Brora which were connected by a tramway to sidings just north of Brora station.[7]
In 1895 new station buildings were erected, probably designed by the engineer William Roberts.[4]
In 2019, plans were announced by a local businessperson to redevelop the station building into "a micro gin distillery, café bar, tourist information point and gift shop", at a cost of £500,000.[8]
Facilities
The station has basic facilities, including waiting shelters on both platforms, and a small car park and bike racks adjacent to platform 2. Both platforms have step-free access, but are also connected by a footbridge.[9]
Passenger volume
The main origin or destination station for journeys to or from Brora station in the 2022/23 period was Inverness, making up 1,352 of the 4,594 journeys (29.43%).[10]
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
There are four departures each weekday & Saturday, and one each way on a Sunday. Trains run northbound to Wick via Thurso and southbound to Lairg, Dingwall and Inverness.[11]
^Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 103. ISBN978-1909431-26-3.
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