Invergordon Railway Station

Invergordon Railway Station

ID: QZP40_CARD_1066 DESCRIPTION: Invergordon Railway Station. Tennis and bowling greens can be seen on the left. The coming of the railway to Invergordon in 1863, brought further development to an already thriving sea port. More than three decades earlier, a harbour had been built at Invergordon, the keystone to the town eventually becoming the main distributing port in Northern Scotland. Commencement of the construction of the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, between Inverness and Ardgay, began in 1860. The line was the first stage of a railway link to the north of Scotland, now known as the Far North Line. By 1868, the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway had been connected to the Sutherland Railway, taking the rail link as far north as Golspie. 1871 saw the line connecting to the 3rd Duke of Sutherland's railway, extending it to Helmsdale. The rail link from Inverness to the far north was completed in 1874 when the Sutherland and Caithness Railway opened, between Helmsdale and Wick and Thurso. PLACENAME: Invergordon OLD COUNTY/PARISH: ROSS: Rosskeen PERIOD: 1920s SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Highland Libraries' Postcard Collection Asset ID: 32987 KEYWORDS: