It is situated on the Far North Line, 40 miles 60 chains (65.6 km) form Inverness, between Tain and Invergordon,[5] and is also the nearest station to Balintore, Hilton and Shandwick (the Seaboard Villages), Portmahomack and the Nigg Bay area of Easter Ross.

[6] As well as a small car park, there are bike racks, a bench, a waiting shelter and a help point.

The railway through Fearn station is single track, the nearest passing loops being at Invergordon to the south and Tain to the west.

[8] The platform is very low and this gives rise to difficulties for passengers who are in any way infirm and unable to climb the height to the coaches, and so fixed steps have been built which align with the doors.

[citation needed] The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.