Carrbridge Station

Carrbridge Station, built in 1892 by the Highland Railway, is a two-platform through station. The principal building is a single-storey structure, mainly timber-clad with brickwork, and is situated on the down platform.

The western (platform) elevation features a recessed central section with an awning supported by cast-iron columns and wooden brackets. A gabled section projects to the right, featuring a slate-roofed canted bay window. To the left is a gable containing a later timber signal cabin, designed to match the original style. The end pavilions are also slightly advanced, with gables facing the east (road) elevation. Windows are irregularly spaced and feature three panes, with a top hopper opening for ventilation. Louvred ventilators are located in the upper parts of the rear gables. The roof is open eaves with prominent rafter ends.

The windows are timber-framed and the roof is covered with grey slate. Chimney stacks are built from red and white brick, with stone copes; the central stack has an octagonal can, and a stack at the northwest end rises from an exposed brick chimney breast.

Platform shelters on both the up and down sides consist of single-pitch, timber-clad structures, with a building on the down platform mirroring the style of the main building. A steel and cast-iron lattice-girder footbridge, typical of Highland Railway design, provides access between the platforms.

Carrbridge Station is the largest of the Highland Railway’s timber-clad stations constructed in the 1890s as part of the direct line to Inverness, and is one of a small number still in operation. The cast-iron columned, timber-bracketed awning and polychromatic brick stacks are characteristic of Highland Railway station buildings of the era. A glazed projection was added to the left gable around 1950 by the newly formed British Rail (Scottish Region), constructed in a similar style to the original timber-framed building and originally housing signalling instruments.