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The Mound Location Place The Mound Area Highland Grid reference NH775983 Operations Original company Sutherland Railway Pre-grouping Highland Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway History 13 April 1868 (1868-04-13) Station opened 2 June 1902 Dornoch Light Railway opened 13 June 1960 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z UK Railways portal The Mound railway station was a former railway station on the Far North Line near the head of Loch Fleet in Scotland. For more than half of its life it was the junction for Dornoch. Contents 1 History 2 Routes 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links // History A 1912 Railway Clearing House map showing (upper left) railways in the vicinity of The Mound The Sutherland Railway opened between Bonar Bridge and Golspie on 13 April 1868.[1] Among the intermediate stations was one at The Mound, which opened with the line.[2] It was 80 miles 70 chains (130 km) from Inverness,[3] 3 miles 66 chains (6.2 km) from Rogart and 3 miles 42 chains (5.7 km) from Golspie.[4] The station took its name from the nearby road embankment engineered in 1817 by Thomas Telford[5] across the head of Loch Fleet, which is now on the route of the A9 road.[6] On 2 June 1902, the Dornoch Light Railway was opened,[7] which connected to the main line at a junction situated 11 chains (220 m) to the west of The Mound station.[4] The platform for the Dornoch branch curved away from that of the main line.[8] In 1922, there were six trains per day – in the up direction, departures were at 6:17 am, 11:30 am and 5:20 pm to Inverness; departures in the down direction were at 10:31 am and 1:55 pm to Wick and 6:38 pm to Helmsdale. Trains called at most intermediate stations, although some were request stops. There were no trains on Sundays.[9] The Dornoch branch closed on 13 June 1960,[10] and The Mound station closed the same day.[2] The line remains open, and the nearest station is now Golspie. Routes Preceding station Historical railways Following station Rogart Line and station open   Highland Railway Sutherland Railway   Golspie Line and station open Disused railways Terminus   Dornoch Light Railway   Cambusavie Platform Line and station closed Notes ^ Vallance, Clinker & Lambert 1985, p. 35. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 228. ^ Yonge 2007, fig. 20 section B. ^ a b Railway Junction Diagrams 1914, p. 88. ^ Thomas & Turnock 1989, p. 251. ^ Ordnance Survey Landranger 21 2008, grid ref. NH 772 980. ^ Vallance, Clinker & Lambert 1985, p. 46. ^ Vallance, Clinker & Lambert 1985, plate 39. ^ Thomas & Turnock 1989, pp. 250–1. ^ Vallance, Clinker & Lambert 1985, pp. 156,161. References Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. R508. ISBN 1 85260 508 1.  Ordnance Survey. Sheet 21: Dornoch & Alness [map], C1 edition, 1:50000, Landranger. (14 April 2008) ISBN 978 0 319 23109 8. Thomas, John; Turnock, David (1989). Thomas, David St John; Patmore, J. Allan. eds. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume XV - North of Scotland. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0 946537 03 8.  Vallance, H.A.; Clinker, C.R.; Lambert, Anthony J. (1985) [1938]. The Highland Railway (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0 946537 24 0.  Yonge, John (December 2007) [1987]. Jacobs, Gerald. ed. 1: Scotland & Isle of Man. Railway Track Diagrams (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978 0 9549866 3 6.  Pre-Grouping Railway Junction Diagrams 1914. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0 7110 1256 3.  External links The Mound Station on navigable O.S. map Coordinates: 57°57′28″N 4°04′16″W / 57.95768°N 4.07122°W / 57.95768; -4.07122 This Scotland railway station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e