Original station

The original railway station (then named just Conon) was opened by Inverness and Ross-shire Railway on 11 June 1862^[2] and closed on 13 June 1960.^[2] The original station had two platforms and was the junction with the partially constructed Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway.

2013 reopening

The rebuilt station was projected to open by 2012 as Conon Bridge.^[4][5] In March 2012, Network Rail revealed that agreement had been reached with the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership for it to provide £100,000 towards the construction of a single four-carriage platform at the station site.^[6] The new station was forecast to handle 36,000 passengers a year, including tourists and commuters to Inverness.^[6]

In September 2012, Scottish Government Transport Minister Keith Brown announced that a new station, expected to cost £600,000, would be built in time for a February 2013 opening, in time to help relieve traffic during the delayed £18 million pound resurfacing works to be carried out on the Kessock Bridge.^[7]

Construction was begun in November 2012 by Network Rail. A single platform around 15 metres long (similar to that at nearby Beauly railway station^[8]) was provided, together with a new waiting shelter, passenger information systems, cycle racks and lockers and a new car park, wider road access and enhanced street lighting.^[9] The project was supported by Highland Council, HiTRANS, Network Rail and First ScotRail.^[10] It reopened as scheduled and on budget on 8 February 2013.^[9][11] In the month following the station's opening, more than 2,000 journeys were made to or from it.^[12] According to Minister for Transport Keith Brown, the numbers "show that it was an extremely worthwhile investment".^[12]