£13m upgrades planned for West Highland Line this November
Buses will replace trains between Crianlarich and Fort William / Mallaig from Monday 9 to Tuesday 17 November. Further details are available here
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WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Spring 2026 published
Front cover photo is by Ben Collier of the Jacobite at the Monessie Gorge. This edition includes details of our new Honorary Vice President John Cameron CBE, demise of the Cruach Snow Shed, background to the 125th Anniversary of the opening of the Mallaig Extension, story of RETB and…
Caledonian Sleeper to call at Birmingham International from January 2026
Caledonian Sleeper services to/from Aberdeen, Fort William and Inverness will soon also call at Birmingham International. The new service is on sale now for departures from 15 January 2026. https://sleeper.scot/birmingham
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Summer 2025 published
This beautifully-illustrated edition includes “West Highland Mails”, “From Gloucester to Oban (Part 2)” and “Inspecting the Track in Early BR Days” as well as Shipping News
NEW CHAIRMAN!
After a very long and successful stint as Chairman, Doug Carmichael has decided to retire. We are so grateful to him for all his years of dedicated service. But he will be staying on as Magazine Editor. Hamish Baillie has been elected as our new Chairman. “I was a career…
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Spring 2025 published
Beautiful front cover image from Sandy Smeaton, this edition includes an update on platform extensions, “Holidaying at Corrour” and “Loch Earn Circular Tour” part 2 as well as a host of beautiful images and all superbly edited by Doug Carmichael.
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Autumn 2024 published
Includes “Livestock Specials Along The Crieff Lines in 1949” and “West Highland Steam Charter – 2014” as well as a host of beautiful images and all superbly edited by Doug Carmichael
“History of the West Highland Line” on YouTube
FWHL member and railway author and historian, Gordon Webster, has recently completed a two-part history of the West Highland Line:
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Summer 2024 published
Glenfinnan Viaduct repairs – July 2024
Network Rail Scotland began a programme of work to repair the viaduct in May. Read all about it here and here and listen to brilliant interview with Alan Ross on Green Signals here
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Spring 2026 published
Front cover photo is by Ben Collier of the Jacobite at the Monessie Gorge. This edition includes details of our new Honorary Vice President John Cameron CBE, demise of the Cruach Snow Shed, background to the 125th Anniversary of the opening of the Mallaig Extension, story of RETB and…
Caledonian Sleeper to call at Birmingham International from January 2026
Caledonian Sleeper services to/from Aberdeen, Fort William and Inverness will soon also call at Birmingham International. The new service is on sale now for departures from 15 January 2026. https://sleeper.scot/birmingham
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Summer 2025 published
This beautifully-illustrated edition includes “West Highland Mails”, “From Gloucester to Oban (Part 2)” and “Inspecting the Track in Early BR Days” as well as Shipping News
NEW CHAIRMAN!
After a very long and successful stint as Chairman, Doug Carmichael has decided to retire. We are so grateful to him for all his years of dedicated service. But he will be staying on as Magazine Editor. Hamish Baillie has been elected as our new Chairman. “I was a career…
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Spring 2025 published
Beautiful front cover image from Sandy Smeaton, this edition includes an update on platform extensions, “Holidaying at Corrour” and “Loch Earn Circular Tour” part 2 as well as a host of beautiful images and all superbly edited by Doug Carmichael.
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Autumn 2024 published
Includes “Livestock Specials Along The Crieff Lines in 1949” and “West Highland Steam Charter – 2014” as well as a host of beautiful images and all superbly edited by Doug Carmichael
“History of the West Highland Line” on YouTube
FWHL member and railway author and historian, Gordon Webster, has recently completed a two-part history of the West Highland Line:
WEST HIGHLAND NEWS PLUS Summer 2024 published
Glenfinnan Viaduct repairs – July 2024
Network Rail Scotland began a programme of work to repair the viaduct in May. Read all about it here and here and listen to brilliant interview with Alan Ross on Green Signals here