Category for the Stations articles (now posts) linked to from the West Highland Map (top menu: The Line)
Corrour, at a height of 1,338 feet above sea level, is the highest station on the British railway network and one of the most remote. Located in the vast wilderness of Rannoch Moor and not accessible by public road, the station offers access and adventure for walkers and climbers to…
Rannoch Station on a busy weekend. A Glasgow-bound ScotRail train has just arrived from Fort William and a special steam charter waits for clearance to resume its journey north. The station shows the classic ‘Swiss Cottage’ architectural style of the original North British West Highland Line. It is a remote…
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Bridge of Orchy Station is a stereotypical West Highland Line ‘Swiss chalet’ style building located on a central platform with pedestrian access under the railway and up a flight of steps to the platform. In the picture from December 2009 the building is finished attractively in the West Highland green…
Oban (An t-Oban), the terminus of the Oban line, is the major tourist resort in Argyll with every facility including hotels, guesthouses, bed-and-breakfasts, restaurants, bars, shops, supermarkets, yacht moorings and an important ferry terminal. There is a busy tourist office and the famous Oban Distillery. The rail terminus, for such…
The station (picture above) is named Connel Ferry, though the ferry was replaced by a large cantilever bridge across Loch Etive in 1903 when the branch line from Connel to Ballachulish was opened by the Caledonian Railway. The branch closed in 1966 but the bridge is still used by road traffic.…
Taynuilt (Taigh-an-Uillt) is a large village near Loch Etive, a sea loch extending into the mountains of Argyll. The village has accommodation (although sadly the Taynuilt Inn burnt down September 2021), restaurants and some local shops as well as a 9-hole golf course overlooking Loch Etive. Summer cruises are available…
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…
