Have the owners of Dunrobin Castle ever been as awkward as the owners of Altnabreac cottage?

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No trains calling at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future. A quote from the Friends of the Far North Line facebook page A very concerning situation has been developing for a while at Altnabreac Station on the Far North Line. The station is in a remote part of Caithness and there is no road...

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Whilst the owners of Dunrobin Castle were proponents of this railway line, who owns the platform (and adjacent path/land to allow passenger access) at Dunrobin Castle halt?

Have the owners of Dunrobin Castle ever been as awkward as the owners of Altnabreac cottage?

Gathursty said:

Have the owners of Dunrobin Castle ever been as awkward as the owners of Altnabreac cottage?

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So far as I can tell, the estate is still in the hands of the Earl of Sutherland - the castle certainly is - so unless the station itself was taken over by the railway at some point, I'd imagine that's the case there as well. The Dukedom of Sutherland became separated from the Earldom of Sutherland in 1963 as the latter can be held by a woman, while the former can't.

One might argue that insisting that the railway provide a station and stop trains at it is pretty awkward, to say nothing of letting the Duke drive trains, but there again the Duke might well point out (and did!) that paying for the railway out of his own pocket in the first case was pretty generous of him.

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No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

No trains calling at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future. A quote from the Friends of the Far North Line facebook page A very concerning situation has been developing for a while at Altnabreac Station on the Far North Line. The station is in a remote part of Caithness and there is no road...

www.railforums.co.uk

Whilst the owners of Dunrobin Castle were proponents of this railway line, who owns the platform (and adjacent path/land to allow passenger access) at Dunrobin Castle halt?

Have the owners of Dunrobin Castle ever been as awkward as the owners of Altnabreac cottage?

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Since the raison d'etre for reopening Dunrobin Castle station (and no doubt its continued existence) was to encourage visitors, it would be a bit counterproductive to be "awkward" in the way the neighbours at Altnabreac are being.

The exile said:

Since the raison d'etre for reopening Dunrobin Castle station (and no doubt its continued existence) was to encourage visitors...

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When was the re-opening date? Most sources seem to say 30JUN1985, but weren't there a number of Sundays only rail excursions from Inverness to Dunrobin Castle in August 1984?