[12] On 30 October 2023 Ian Appleby, the owner of a neighbouring property, was arrested for behaving in a threatening or abusive manner as part of a dispute with Scotrail and Network Rail over access to the station.

[14] On 15 May 2024, The Northern Times reported a fiscal depute, wherein Grant McLennan dropped the case at the Wick Sheriff Court not proceeding with the prosecution of Ian Appleby, due to a lack of corroboration.

[15] On 21 September 1898, a Highland Railway mail train was almost involved in a collision with a platelayer's trolley that had been left on the track.

All 70 passengers - apart from some who walked the 5 miles to Scotscalder - were eventually rescued by helicopters approximately 24 hours after leaving Inverness.

The station is on a private dirt road between Loch More, Caithness and Forsinain, marked as a cycle trail on Ordnance Survey maps.

Being about 6.8 miles (11 km) from the nearest paved road and 11 miles (18 km) from the nearest village, Altnabreac is often listed as one of Britain's most geographically isolated railway stations, alongside Corrour elsewhere in Scotland, Dovey Junction in mid Wales and Berney Arms in Norfolk.

[19] Dixe Wills says of the area:"What is all the more remarkable is that the following events took place in the vicinity of the most remote station on my itinerary, a place girded round by peat-black lochs and dismal bogs and overshadowed by dark, anonymous plantations of doomed conifers, where nothing of any note has happened these past 70 years save for intense despondent brooding.

Nevertheless, despite its isolation, the station is used by walkers and off-road cyclists, as well as railway enthusiasts and those who enjoy visiting remote locations.

On 20 December 2022, Transport Scotland introduced a new "Press & Ride" at some request stops along the line,[22] following successful trials of the system at Scotscalder over the previous four months.

The new system consists of an automatic kiosk (with a button for passengers to press) at the platform; this will alert the driver about any waiting passengers in advance and, if there is no requirement to stop, the train can maintain line speed through the request stops, thus improving reliability on the whole line.