Floral display at Garve

Garve station

Folder: Daily life on the Kyle line
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The last crossing loop before joining the Far North line at Dingwall, Garve station is 52 miles from Kyle and, like all the intermediate station on the line, is unmanned. The original station building remains, along with an engineers' siding. That one overgrown siding is all that remains of the old goods yard, which formed a loop behind the westbound platform. A 10 minute walk will take …  (read more)
Floral display at Garve

Floral display at Garve

10 Sep 2016 177
These "flower bed trains" are appearing all over the country, from the main line termini to small unstaffed stations. Garve is one of the best I've seen. Quite a change from the previous shot - just four months earlier. And remember - Garve is unstaffed.
Garve station and crossing

Garve station and crossing

19 Apr 2016 213
Looking uphill. towards Achnasheen, from the Down platform at Garve station. It was a lovely evening farther west, as can be seen by the sunlight on the distant hillside. Beyond the crossing, the line climbs at 1:50, past Gorstan, towards the summit at Corriemoillie(429ft).
158702 at Garve

158702 at Garve

10 Sep 2016 203
Already 20 minutes late, 158702 is held at Garve with 2H82, the 12:08 Kyle - Inverness. Even a brief delay on the Kyle line soon snowballs and 2H82 will have to wait for the westbound train to arrive from Dingwall.
158708 returns, after 9 years

158708 returns, after 9 years

10 Sep 2016 2 208
Two virtually identical shots - nine years apart, almost to the day. Very little has changed. There is, however, a nice example of how Network Rail thinks. While the ground-frame festers, a more important task has been undertaken. While new trespass signs have been erected at the platform ends, the job-sheet obviously neglected to say "Remove old posts." Never mind. Give it a year and they'll disappear into the undergrowth anyway.