Bus replacement services are being organised from December 27, but these are still being sourced and passengers are advised to check their journeys.
The new Met Office warnings cover Boxing Day morning and much of December 27.
Fundraising drives to enable folk to access a famous beauty spot and news that a new railway line was soon to be operational also feature.
The Highlands' newest railway station is already one of its busiest, delighted transport chiefs have revealed.
Speed restrictions will be in force on all Highland lines until 9am on Christmas Eve amid ongoing Met Office weather warnings.
The alert for wind is one of two new warnings issued. Heavy rain is also being forecast on Saturday, with the gales on Sunday into Christmas Day.
The Met Office is forecasting up to 15cm in parts of Ross-shire overnight Friday into Saturday as people prepare to travel for Christmas.
Hundreds of homes in the Highlands were without power on Thursday morning after Storm Pia brought strong gales to the region overnight.
Services will be suspended on Thursday on the Far North and Kyle lines, as well as between Inverness and Inverurie.
The forecaster is predicting wintry showers and colder temperatures in the north as this weekend gives way to Christmas Day.
Sofas and other upholstered furniture will soon no longer be accepted at some smaller Highland recycling centres – but doorstep uplift will continue.
The brand new festival is coming to the Black Isle next year.
Skipinnish have announced a very special guest for their 25th anniversary concert in Inverness next summer.
Highland rail passengers have been warned to expect possible disruption after speed restrictions were announced following an amber weather alert.
Torrential rain could bring up to 200mm of precipitation this weekend and may trigger landslides, the Met Office has warned.
Police have urged Highland residents to be on the alert after the force received reports from locals who had received scam callers.
Police are set to axe their Muir of Ord station under plans to close dozens of properties across Scotland.
As much as 175mm of rain could fall in places this weekend, the Met Office has warned after it issued a yellow alert for large areas of the Highlands.
A pair of railway stations in Ross-shire are among the 20 least used in the whole of Britain, new figures have revealed.
Isobel Murray, who died last week, was a volunteer with the hospice for more than 30 years and was part of the Golspie Area Fundraising Group.
