Aberdeen–Inverness Line

Scotland the other way round, coast to coast across the whin and barley of Aberdeenshire and Moray by way of Huntly, Keith, Elgin and Nairn, on a single track finished in 1858 and still mostly single today.

Stations

1. 0 kmAberdeen +1
2. 10 kmDyce
3. 22 kmKintore
4. 27 kmInverurie
5. 44 kmInsch
6. 65 kmHuntly
7. 85 kmKeith
8. 114 kmElgin
9. 134 kmForres
10. 149 kmNairn
11. 162 kmInverness Airport
12. 174 kmInverness +3

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1828419 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Aberdeen–Inverness Line?

The Aberdeen–Inverness Line runs 174 km from Aberdeen to Inverness.

How long does the Aberdeen–Inverness Line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 15 min for the 174 km. That is an average of 77 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Aberdeen–Inverness Line?

ScotRail, with Class 158 / 170.

How old is the Aberdeen–Inverness Line?

The line has been in service since 1858. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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