Helmsdale

CRS Code	HMS
Collected date	28/07/15

When you stop cycling after 300km in the Highlands, you want a station with a covered and warm waiting room and Helmsdale provided that. Good job, since there were still five hours to wait until the only train of the day arrived!

The station is to the west of the town itself which lies on the east bank of the River Helmsdale. The approach to the station:

The south side of the station building, which is now mostly self-catering holiday accommodation:

The entrance to the station platforms:

The rear of the station building which faces platform 1. At the far left of the canopy a door leads into the indoor waiting room:

Just north of the station building is another building all of whose doors are locked:

On platform 1 looking north towards the footbridge:

From the footbridge looking north. The old signalbox on the right is no longer operational:

Looking south from the footbridge:

On platform 1 looking south along the line, with a barrel-train planter on the left:

At the far end of platform 1 looking north along the line:

Looking south along both platforms:

Platform 2 has a smaller shelter:

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