Brora railway station (/ˈbrɔːrə/) is a railway station serving the small town of Brora in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 90 miles 48 chains (145.8 km) from Inverness, between Dunrobin Castle and Helmsdale. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

The station opened on either 1 November 1870, or 19 June 1871. The former station buildings are now unused but together with the cast iron footbridge are a listed building.

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.

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.

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%).

Passenger Volume at Brora

	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	4,024	3,462	3,483	3,277	3,723	4,660	5,614	5,780	5,164	5,556	6,380	5,616	5,524	5,616	5,994	6,992	6,354	648	4,722	4,594

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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dunrobin Castle or Golspie		ScotRail Far North Line		Helmsdale
	Historical railways
Dunrobin Castle Line and station open		Highland Railway Duke of Sutherland's Railway		Loth Line open, station closed