[8] In 1885 the Highland Railway Company agreed to improve the facilities at Nairn.

[9] The gables of the cross wings were surmounted with the Scotch thistle, the Prince of Wales feather, and other designs sculpted in stone.

The distance between the boxes was such that a bicycle was officially provided by BR (and later Railtrack) for the signaller to use.

[12] Control of the signalling at the station has since transferred to a new workstation in the Inverness signalling centre, following a 10-day line closure that also saw the loop at Elgin lengthened and a new station and loop commissioned at Forres.

[13] A replacement bus service ran whilst the work was in progress, with the line reopening on schedule on 17 October 2017.