Nairn train station
You can reach 28 stations directly from Nairn on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Elgin, with 35 trains a day.
Nairn is the nearest station for postcodes in IV12. Check your own postcode.
- 28 direct destinations
- 1,583rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 50 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Nairn
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin | 35 | 35 | 12 |
| Forres | 35 | 35 | 12 |
| Inverness | 35 | 35 | 12 |
| Inverness Airport | 35 | 35 | 12 |
| Aberdeen | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Dyce | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Huntly | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Inverurie | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Insch | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Keith | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| Kintore | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| Arbroath | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dundee | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Montrose | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Carnoustie | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Stonehaven | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Broughty Ferry | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cupar | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Glasgow Queen Street | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Haymarket | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Inverkeithing | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Laurencekirk | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leuchars | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Monifieth | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Portlethen | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Perth | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Stirling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lines serving Nairn
Nairn is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Nairn station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Nairn station on 4 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 1 path on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Nairn station is
137,890 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,583rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Nairn and Inverness than any other pair: 85,972 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 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Nairn loses 1 destination including Inverkeithing.
Nearest other stations
- Inverness Airport 7.5 miles
- Forres 9.4 miles
- Invergordon 13.5 miles
- Fearn 14.4 miles
- Inverness 14.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Nairn, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Kildrummie Platform · 2.2 miles
- Auldearn · 2.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Nairn station
Nairn is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 08:10 to 13:00 · Friday: 08:10 to 14:30 · Saturday: 08:10 to 14:00 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Nairn station
- Station Car Park 50 spaces, 2 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Nairn station
Nairn station is in Highland, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Elizabeth Street.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Nairn station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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