Dunrobin Castle railway station

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Dunrobin Castle railway station is a small stop on Scotland’s Far North Line. It serves Dunrobin Castle near Golspie in the Highlands and is managed by ScotRail. The station has one platform and the code DNO. It lies about 86 miles (138.8 km) from Inverness, between Golspie and Brora.

History and buildings
- The station began as a private stop for the Duke of Sutherland and his household.
- The Arts and Crafts waiting room, designed by L. Bisset and built in 1902, is a category B listed building. The long platform was built to handle large castle gatherings.
- It had very limited facilities for a long time, including a privately owned toilet on the platform—the northernmost toilet on a platform in Great Britain.
- It was not open to the public for many years, closing to the public in 1965 and finally closing in 1985. It reopened to passengers in 2020/21.

Press & Ride system
- In May 2023, Transport Scotland introduced a new automatic “Press & Ride” system at Dunrobin Castle. Passengers press a button at a platform kiosk to alert the driver if someone is waiting. If no one is waiting, trains can pass at line speed, improving reliability.

When it opens
- The station is only open when Dunrobin Castle is open, and it is closed from late October to March each year.
- On weekdays and Saturdays, there are three trains per direction; on Sundays, one train toward Inverness.

Passenger use
- Recent yearly passenger numbers (from April to March) have been:
- 2020/21: 114
- 2021/22: 770
- 2022/23: 1,428
- 2023/24: 1,940
- 2024/25: 1,544

In popular culture
- The station was featured in Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys in 2012, where he opened the restored toilet in the old buildings.