"smaller than that represented by ward councillors. The ward area also includes parts of other community council areas. Thurso is the most northerly town on the British mainland, situated on the northern coastline overlooking the Orkney Islands. It is situated at the northern terminus of the A9 road, the main road linking Caithness with the south of Scotland, and is west of John o' Groats and northwest of Wick, the closest town. Thurso railway station is the most northerly location served by Britain's rail network, which links the town directly with Wick, the county town of Caithness, and with Inverness."
"Edinburgh Waverley railway station Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley) is the principal station serving Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, from , although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh. Services to and from Edinburgh Waverley are primarily operated by Abellio ScotRail, including four routes to Glasgow, the Fife Circle, the recently reopened Borders Railway and services to Stirling/Dunblane/Alloa/North Berwick/Dunbar. The station is the terminus of"
"to reflect the construction of the new platforms. Edinburgh Waverley railway station Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley) is the principal station serving Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, from , although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh. Services to and from Edinburgh Waverley are primarily operated by Abellio ScotRail, including four routes to Glasgow, the Fife Circle, the recently reopened Borders Railway and services to"
"not the line's operational end. Trains from Inverness, after arriving at Thurso, go back to Georgemas Junction and then on to Wick, the other terminus of the line. The typical Monday-Saturday service consists of: The typical Sunday service consists of: Thurso railway station Thurso railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thurso, Highland and port of Scrabster (for Northlink Ferries to Stromness), in the Highland council area, in the north of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the former county of Caithness. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network: north"
"Coatbridge Sunnyside railway station Coatbridge Sunnyside railway station serves the town of Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The railway station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is located on the North Clyde Line, east of Glasgow Queen Street. It was opened by the North British Railway in February 1871, as the terminus of their ""Coatbridge Branch"" from Glasgow and was linked from the outset to both the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway lines to and Gartsherrie Junction and also the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway line to , Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. All of these other than the northern portion of the"
"each direction. The existing hourly services to Edinburgh & Glasgow will be accelerated and use refurbished HST sets rather than the existing DMUs, whilst the line as far as Inverurie will have a half-hourly frequency throughout the day. A £170 million upgrade project for the line to Inverness will see that section doubled by 2019, signalling & level crossings on the route modernised and the stations at & reopened. Aberdeen railway station Aberdeen railway station is the only railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh."
"Sunderland, Newcastle, Blyth, Leith, Rosyth, Dundee, Aberdeen, Elgin, Inverness, Inver Gordon, Thurso, Kirkwall, Greenock & Clyde port, Ayr, Bangor, Belfast. ""RAF Pitreavie""""Castle near Dunfermline, Fife, was the Headquarters of the Scotland, Northern Ireland & N.E England, RNXS Group, consisting of both permanent and volunteer staff"" Bexhill, Chatham, Chelmsford, Dover, Felixstowe. Gravesend, Greenwich, Harwich, Isle of white, Ipswich, London, Margate, Poole, Portland, Portsmouth, Sheerness, Shoreham Southampton, Southend, Great Yarmouth. Exeter, Guernsey, jersey, Torbay, Plymouth, Fowley, Falmouth, Penzance, Barnstable, Bristol, Gloucester, Sully, Swansea, Pembroke Dock, Holyhead, Menai bridge, Conwy, Liverpool, Inskip. The RNXS accepted women among its crews before the Royal Navy"
"Thurso railway station Thurso railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thurso, Highland and port of Scrabster (for Northlink Ferries to Stromness), in the Highland council area, in the north of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the former county of Caithness. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network: north of . The station opened on 28 July 1874. A wrought-iron turntable of diameter built by the Railway Steel and Plant Company of Manchester was installed at the station. It was identified for closure under the Beeching Axe in the"
"but they operated the North Clyde lines during peak-hour times. The Class 320s now operate the North Clyde Line, and will do so until 2010, with the occasional visit from a Class 334 or Class 318. Easterhouse railway station Easterhouse railway station serves the Easterhouse area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was built by the North British Railway as part of their Coatbridge Branch and opened when the branch opened on 1 February 1871. The station is 5¾ miles (9 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line and is managed by Abellio ScotRail. Monday to"
"Elgin railway station Elgin railway station is a railway station serving the town of Elgin, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line. The station has two platforms linked by a footbridge, and a booking office/waiting room with a vending machine. One of the route's passing loops is located here, under the control of Inverness Signalling Centre (which also supervises an adjacent level crossing through CCTV). Elgin West signal box was the most northerly manual box on the UK railway network (all those to the north of having been closed"
"Neilston railway station Neilston railway station is a railway station in the village of Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Lines, 11¾ miles (18 km) south west of Glasgow Central station. The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 May 1903. It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy, and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, the station was renamed Neilston High on 2 June"
"Auchinleck railway station Auchinleck railway station is a railway station in the town of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. It is also the nearest station to the larger town of Cumnock. The station was opened on 9 August 1848 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, then joining the Glasgow and South Western Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948, it was"
"Lerwick Lerwick (; Scottish Gaelic: ""Liùrabhaig"", Norwegian: ""Leirvik"") is the main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7000 residents in 2010 and is the third-largest island settlement in Scotland. Centred off the north coast of the Scottish mainland and on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland, Lerwick lies north-by-northeast of Aberdeen; west of the similarly sheltered port of Bergen in Norway; and south east of Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands. It is the most northerly town in the United Kingdom and the most easterly in Scotland. One of the UK's"
"Pitlochry railway station Pitlochry railway station serves the town of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is served by Abellio ScotRail trains between Glasgow or Edinburgh and Inverness, the Caledonian Sleeper to/from London Euston and the daily London North Eastern Railway service between London King's Cross and Inverness via and the East Coast Main Line. The station is situated on the former Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (I&PJR) and was opened along with the line in 1863. The I&PJR amalgamated with other railways to create the Highland Railway in 1865. The station is from , and has a passing"
"6 metres, then deepens considerably. The bay is located some north of the closest UK city, Inverness, in Scotland's Highland region and from London. Even Lerwick, the Shetland's capital and only town, is some to the south. However, Haroldswick's claim to be the northernmost settlement in the UK is surpassed by the tiny hamlet of Norwick-Skaw, situated to the north. The Methodist Church at Haroldswick is the northernmost church in Britain. For many years, Haroldswick Post Office was the most northerly in the UK and visitors could get a special postmark. Since the office's closure in 1999, this record is"
"railway. Nothing has yet come of these ideas. History of the Far North of Scotland Railway Line Far North Line The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick. As the name suggests, it is the northernmost railway in the United Kingdom. The line has many sections of single track, mostly north of Dingwall. In common with other railway lines in the Highlands and northern Lowlands, it is not electrified and all trains are diesel-powered. Like the A9 road north of Inverness, the Far North Line"
"Burnside railway station Burnside railway station serves the Burnside and Blairbeth areas of the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines, which has been electrified since 1962 by British Railways. This is the busiest railway station on the Newton branch. The station was opened by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 August 1904. Later taken over by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping and subsequently the Scottish"
"Lowestoft railway station Lowestoft railway station (formerly Lowestoft Central) serves the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk, and is the eastern terminus of the East Suffolk Line from and is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines from (the other being ). Lowestoft is down the line from Norwich and measured from ; it and is the easternmost station on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom. The station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all of the trains that call. Services are typically formed by Class 153, 156 or 170 diesel multiple units. According to"
"Far North Line The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick. As the name suggests, it is the northernmost railway in the United Kingdom. The line has many sections of single track, mostly north of Dingwall. In common with other railway lines in the Highlands and northern Lowlands, it is not electrified and all trains are diesel-powered. Like the A9 road north of Inverness, the Far North Line generally follows the line of the east-facing Moray Firth coast. Much of the population of the far"
"evening Dumfries departure doesn't run. On Sundays, only 2 trains per day operate to both Carlisle and Glasgow. Auchinleck railway station Auchinleck railway station is a railway station in the town of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. It is also the nearest station to the larger town of Cumnock. The station was opened on 9 August 1848 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, then joining the Glasgow and South Western Railway it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping"
"they served. Lowestoft railway station Lowestoft railway station (formerly Lowestoft Central) serves the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk, and is the eastern terminus of the East Suffolk Line from and is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines from (the other being ). Lowestoft is down the line from Norwich and measured from ; it and is the easternmost station on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom. The station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all of the trains that call. Services are typically formed by Class 153, 156 or 170 diesel multiple units."
"353 stations in Scotland. Not included are Glasgow Prestwick Airport station, owned and operated by the airport, as well as both Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central, which are managed by Network Rail. Abellio ScotRail operates Lockerbie even though none of its services call there. It also took over management of Dunbar, previously operated by Virgin Trains East Coast, in June 2015. Abellio ScotRail's fleet is maintained at Edinburgh Haymarket, Glasgow Eastfield, Glasgow Shields Road, Corkerhill Glasgow Yoker, Ayr Townhead, Bathgate and Inverness as well as a newly built EMU stabling depot at Millerhill in Midlothian. Abellio ScotRail operates a diverse"
"introduced to the town in 1841. Northallerton railway station which is run by TransPennine Express lies on the East Coast Main Line between Scotland, Newcastle and London. In addition the railway also serves Cleveland and Durham with routes going on to Middlesbrough and Sunderland. The Wensleydale Railway is reached by a bus service, operated by Dales & District, which runs from Northallerton to the current terminus of the railway at Leeming Bar, from where trains run to Redmire. It is hoped that eventually passenger trains will connect with the Settle-Carlisle Railway at Garsdale, and that the section of line near"
"Inverness Inverness (; from the , meaning ""Mouth of the River Ness""; ) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinne against Norway which took place on the Aird and the 18th century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. It is the northernmost city in the United Kingdom and lies within the Great Glen (Gleann Mòr) at its north-eastern extremity where the River Ness enters the"
"Easterhouse railway station Easterhouse railway station serves the Easterhouse area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was built by the North British Railway as part of their Coatbridge Branch and opened when the branch opened on 1 February 1871. The station is 5¾ miles (9 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line and is managed by Abellio ScotRail. Monday to Saturday daytimes: Evening services are as follows: Sunday services are as follows: The current rolling stock operating the North Clyde Lines is Class 320s. However, during peak-times you could find a or . From 2010, the"
"remains unchanged in the May 2016 timetable, but the evening service now runs to Balloch westbound rather than Milngavie (as well as to Helensburgh), whilst eastbound the Edinburgh service is half-hourly. Airdrie railway station Airdrie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, east of Glasgow Queen Street. Opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway and absorbed into the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923."
"best dived during the winter months. Still present on the site are several anchors and slabs of packed stones, believed to be used for ballast. Skarfskerry Skarfskerry (or Scarfskerry; ) is the most northerly settlement on mainland Scotland. It is located in the far northern county Caithness, on a small peninsula northeast of Thurso, off the A836. The name comes from the Old Norse for ""cormorants' rock"". Historically, it belonged to the Parish of Dunnet, along with Brough. This rural settlement consists of a scattering of crofts and other houses and a small harbour with a pier. The harbour is"
"Skarfskerry Skarfskerry (or Scarfskerry; ) is the most northerly settlement on mainland Scotland. It is located in the far northern county Caithness, on a small peninsula northeast of Thurso, off the A836. The name comes from the Old Norse for ""cormorants' rock"". Historically, it belonged to the Parish of Dunnet, along with Brough. This rural settlement consists of a scattering of crofts and other houses and a small harbour with a pier. The harbour is no longer used for commercial purposes, although boats operate in the area for small amounts of fishing and trips for tourists to see White-beaked dolphins,"
"hourly each way, with trains south of there running on alternate hours to Edinburgh & Glasgow. Journey times will be reduced by 10 minutes to both cities. The service to Nairn, Forres & Elgin will also be enhanced to hourly and some Aberdeen trains extended through to Dundee and beyond. Inverness railway station Inverness railway station is the railway station serving the Scottish city of Inverness. Opened on 5 November 1855 as the western terminus of the Inverness and Nairn Railway to designs by the architect, Joseph Mitchell. The station originally comprised a single covered passenger platform with three lines"
"Falkirk High railway station Falkirk High railway station is one of the railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and situated on the southern edge of the town, close to the Union Canal. The station was opened as Falkirk with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 21 February 1842. Edinburgh-bound services initially terminated at , but were subsequently extended to the North British Railway's station at Edinburgh Waverley in 1846. The NBR took over operations in 1865 when it absorbed the E&GR, with the London and North Eastern"
"Georgemas Junction railway station Georgemas Junction railway station is a railway station serving the village of Halkirk and its surrounding areas in the Highland council area, northern Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the historic county of Caithness. Georgemas Junction is the junction of the Thurso branch from the Inverness-Wick line, the most northerly railway junction in Scotland. The station was built by the Sutherland and Caithness Railway (S&CR). The station buildings were designed by Murdoch Paterson and it opened on 28 July 1874 and on that date the Highland Railway absorbed the S&CR and operated"
"Aberdeen railway station Aberdeen railway station is the only railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is located on Guild Street in the city centre, next to Union Square. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail. Inter-city, regional, local and sleeper train services are provided to all parts of Great Britain by Abellio ScotRail, Caledonian Sleeper, CrossCountry and London North Eastern Railway. The station currently standing was built as Aberdeen Joint Station between 1913 and 1916, replacing an 1867 structure of the same name,"
"benefit from a package of timetable enhancements introduced by Transport Scotland and Scotrail. The current Perth to Inverness timetable will increase to hourly each way, with trains south of there running on alternate hours to Edinburgh & Glasgow. Journey times will also be reduced by 10 minutes to both cities. Pitlochry railway station Pitlochry railway station serves the town of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is served by Abellio ScotRail trains between Glasgow or Edinburgh and Inverness, the Caledonian Sleeper to/from London Euston and the daily London North Eastern Railway service between London King's Cross and Inverness via"