A week after the start of the summer season and the Glasgow – Oban services passes through the simple halt of ‘Cruachan Falls Station’. A time when the bare trees suddenly come to life in the fresh green of spring. Falls of Cruachan is a summer-only request stop on Loch Awe…
Loch Awe station is a wayside halt on the Oban line beside Loch Awe (Loch Obha). In the above picture an Oban to Glasgow train at the station with a snow-covered Ben Lui in the distance. In the middle distance the ruins of Kilchurn Castle can just be seen.…
Dalmally (Dhail Mailaidh) is a village on the Oban line, between Tyndrum and Taynuilt. Located in Strath Orchy, it is ideally placed for exploring an area which includes the impressive mountains of Ben Lui and Ben Cruachan. In addition it is very close to beautiful Glen Orchy and the road…
Crianlarich (A’Chrion Laraich) is a small village in the west Central Highlands with a strategic location between Strath Fillan, Glen Falloch and Glen Dochart. Its geography has made it a passing point for people and trade between east and west and the south from the earliest times. Curiously it has…
Click Here Ardlui (Ard Laoigh) is a hamlet at the north end of Loch Lomond, Britain’s largest freshwater loch. The station is across the busy A82 road from the hotel, holiday lodges and marina. The picture shows north and southbound trains crossing at Ardlui Station – a procedure which has…
Trains depart from Queen Street through a long tunnel with a 1:42 gradient. The picture above was taken from Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries shopping centre which straddles the departure lines as they enter what is known as the Cowlairs tunnel. The platforms were recently extended to accommodate longer trains as part…
