Over the country towards Skye

[whole diary]

[grahame]

If they are in order, 5 has to be Duirinish.

Yes, it is

[Chris from Nailsea]

5.  I was always rather doubtful about my own answer - hence my qualifying it with, "I think that's ... ". 

Duirinish it is - I concede.

[brooklea]

And 3 is Conon Bridge; a station I’ve only visited once, but which is quite distinctive.

[grahame]

All now correctly identified

1. Inverness
2. Beauly
3. Conon Bridge
4. Plockton
5. Duirinish
6. Kyle of Lochalsh

Pictures in geographic order (east to west).   The order in which they were taken was Inverness - Duirinish - Plockton - Kyle of Lochalsh - Conon Bridge - Beauly - all done from 08:55 to 17:08.   I have various out-the-window pictures of other stations, but have left those to be another excuse to go back up to get a better idea.  Some of the pictures from in the train left a lot to be desired.

[stuving]

And 3 is Conon Bridge; a station I’ve only visited once, but which is quite distinctive.

I see that Conon Bridge is listed with a platform length of 15 m, the same as Beauly.

[grahame]

And 3 is Conon Bridge; a station I’ve only visited once, but which is quite distinctive.

I see that Conon Bridge is listed with a platform length of 15 m, the same as Beauly.

Yes, and both are "rear door, front coach" operations ... but the physical build of the platforms is very much "ancient and modern" with Beauly having traditional sloping ends on what was I would be pretty sure one of the old platforms - a former loop there and the old station house, now in private hands, across the way.  Conon Bridge shouts "need build" - barriers to contain people to the platform area, and steps down to track level beyond the barriers.   The third intermediate station between Inverness and Dingwall - at Muir of Old - was also closed and re-opened. There's a passing loop there snd two full length platforms.  Personal observation from the train only / no pictures taken.