Alness railway station
You can reach 25 stations directly from Alness on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dingwall, with 15 trains a day.
Alness is the nearest station for postcodes in IV17, IV16. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Alness
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dingwall | 15 | 16 | 10 |
| Invergordon | 15 | 16 | 10 |
| Inverness | 15 | 16 | 10 |
| Muir of Ord | 15 | 16 | 10 |
| Beauly | 14 | 15 | 10 |
| Conon Bridge | 14 | 15 | 10 |
| Georgemas Junction | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| Fearn | 13 | 14 | 8 |
| Tain | 13 | 14 | 8 |
| Ardgay | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Lairg | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Brora | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Culrain | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Forsinard | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Golspie | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Helmsdale | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Invershin | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Kildonan | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Rogart | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Thurso | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Wick | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Altnabreac | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Kinbrace | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Scotscalder | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Dunrobin Castle | 5 | 5 | 1 |
How busy Alness is
20,482 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,274th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Alness and Inverness than any other pair: 9,704 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Alness loses 1 including Dunrobin Castle.
Nearest other stations
- Invergordon 2.8 miles
- Dingwall 9.4 miles
- Tain 11.0 miles
- Fearn 11.1 miles
- Conon Bridge 11.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Alness, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Evanton · 3.4 miles
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More about this station on Wikipedia.