There was good news in the May timetable for passengers wishing to return home from Inverness on a late evening train. On Fridays and Saturdays (FSO) from 23/24 May there will be a 23:12 departure from Inverness, terminating at Tain at 00:28.
Late evening services on the FNL had been suspended since Covid. The successful 22:15 service to Elgin, introduced last December, has shown passengers' wish for late evening services. ScotRail is now considering extending the FSO Tain service to the remaining weekdays.
Unfortunately, due to frequent anti-social behaviour on the short-lived late Tain to Muir of Ord FSO service, this will not be reinstated.