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Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lairg

Scottish Gaelic: *Luirg*^[1]
Lairg; Scottish Gaelic: Luirg
	The view northward in 2009
General information
Location	Lairg, Highland; Scotland
Coordinates	58°00′07″N 4°23′59″W / 58.0019°N 4.3998°W
Grid reference	NC582039
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LRG
History
Original company	Sutherland Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
13 April 1868	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	6,264
2020/21	742
2021/22	2,960
2022/23	3,348
2023/24	4,180
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lairg railway station is a railway station just south of the village of Lairg in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 66 miles 78 chains (107.8 km) from Inverness, between Invershin and Rogart.^[4] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

The station opened on 13 April 1868, as part of the Sutherland Railway, later becoming part of the Highland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.^[5]

Until April 2009 the station provided an interchange point for postbus services to the remote communities of Durness, Kinlochbervie and Tongue, Highland.^[6] Following considerable local opposition to the cancellation of the services they were more recently replaced by temporary services operated, under contract from the Highland Council, by Stagecoach plc.^[7]

Facilities

Both platforms have waiting areas and benches, whilst there are also bike racks and a help point adjacent to platform 2. Platform 2 has step-free access from the car park, whilst platform 1 can only be accessed from the footbridge.^[8] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Lairg^[9]
	2002–03	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Entries and exits	4,326	4,096	4,126	3,724	4,790	5,280	5,542	6,098	6,330	6,176	7,440	7,514	6,592	5,576	5,426	6,016	6,264	742	2,960	3,348

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

Four Inverness to Wick via Thurso trains call here each way on weekdays and Saturdays (along with a fifth Inverness departure southbound in the early morning) and a single departure each way on Sundays.^[10]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Invershin or Ardgay		ScotRail Far North Line		Rogart or Terminates here

References

^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ Quick 2022, p. 273.
^ 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. 102. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
^ Quick 2022, p. p=273.
^ "End of road for remote post buses". 14 April 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Council to replace post services". 17 April 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
^ eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219