Category: NEWS
18/03/2021 – ScotRail to be Nationalised
The Scottish Government has announced that ScotRail is set to come under state control following the termination of the Abellio Franchise contract in March 2022. ScotRail services will then be provided within the public sector by an ‘arms length’ company owned and managed by the Government. The Friends of the…
17/02/2021 – ScotRail’s ‘Rescue’ of Remote Highland Communities.
A local train for local people – ScotRail to the rescue. West Highland CRP helps ScotRail make the right decision: temporary service introduced to Fort William departing Rannoch 08:52 every Monday and Thursday. COVID-19 travel restrictions during lockdown have seen ScotRail’s passenger figures drop by around 90%. On the West…
20/12/2020 – Building the Mallaig Railway
The Glenfinnan Station Museum has published a book about the construction of the ‘Mallaig Extension’ – the line from Fort Willam to Mallaig, which opened in 1901, some seven years after the line to Fort William opened. Generously illustrated with recently-discovered photographs from 1900, this A4 landscape book, containing 123…
16/11/2020 – Glenfinnan Viaduct & the 102nd Anniversary of Armistice Day
02/04/2020 – Glenfinnan – Network Rail salutes the Healthcare Workers
Thursday April 2, 2021 the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct joined landmarks across the UK turning blue to show public support for NHS staff treating coronavirus patients. Alan Ross, director of engineering and asset management at Network Rail said; “We are delighted to be working with the Stage Group to illuminate Glenfinnan…
Storm Ciara
Glenfinnan Railway Protection – Network Rail
Network Rail undertook important work to protect the railway from potential landslips and rock-falls from the hillsides and embankments around the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct. The work will protect 14 rock cuttings over a two and a half mile stretch of single-track railway between Locheilside and Lochailort encompassing both Glenfinnan station…
ScotRail Franchise Termination
The Scottish Government announced in December 2019 that the current operator of Scotland’s Railway is to have its contract ceased by early 2022. The Friends of the West Highland Lines are committed to promotion and protection of the lines serving the West Highlands and are well aware and disappointed that…
Renewing Scotland’s Railways
‘Renewing Britain’s Railways: Scotland’ is a new book released by Amberley Publishing as a retrospective of the Scottish network during the last few years. Written by FWHL member Gordon Webster, it includes a comprehensive chapter about the West Highland and Oban lines. It includes 150 colour images in sharp, high…
18/03/2021 – ScotRail to be Nationalised
![](https://westhighlandline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ScotRail_Logo-2-250x150.jpg)
The Scottish Government has announced that ScotRail is set to come under state control following the termination of the Abellio Franchise contract in March 2022. ScotRail services will then be provided within the public sector by an ‘arms length’ company owned and managed by the Government. The Friends of the…
17/02/2021 – ScotRail’s ‘Rescue’ of Remote Highland Communities.
![](https://westhighlandline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/040314Corrour-Station01-copy-250x150.jpg)
A local train for local people – ScotRail to the rescue. West Highland CRP helps ScotRail make the right decision: temporary service introduced to Fort William departing Rannoch 08:52 every Monday and Thursday. COVID-19 travel restrictions during lockdown have seen ScotRail’s passenger figures drop by around 90%. On the West…
20/12/2020 – Building the Mallaig Railway
![](https://westhighlandline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1117-0364631-copy-1-250x150.jpg)
The Glenfinnan Station Museum has published a book about the construction of the ‘Mallaig Extension’ – the line from Fort Willam to Mallaig, which opened in 1901, some seven years after the line to Fort William opened. Generously illustrated with recently-discovered photographs from 1900, this A4 landscape book, containing 123…
16/11/2020 – Glenfinnan Viaduct & the 102nd Anniversary of Armistice Day
02/04/2020 – Glenfinnan – Network Rail salutes the Healthcare Workers
![](https://westhighlandline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Glenfinnan-313674-250x150.jpg)
Thursday April 2, 2021 the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct joined landmarks across the UK turning blue to show public support for NHS staff treating coronavirus patients. Alan Ross, director of engineering and asset management at Network Rail said; “We are delighted to be working with the Stage Group to illuminate Glenfinnan…
Storm Ciara
Glenfinnan Railway Protection – Network Rail
![](https://westhighlandline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Glennfinnan-213026-250x150.jpg)
Network Rail undertook important work to protect the railway from potential landslips and rock-falls from the hillsides and embankments around the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct. The work will protect 14 rock cuttings over a two and a half mile stretch of single-track railway between Locheilside and Lochailort encompassing both Glenfinnan station…
ScotRail Franchise Termination
![](https://westhighlandline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/AweViaduct-1-250x150.jpg)
The Scottish Government announced in December 2019 that the current operator of Scotland’s Railway is to have its contract ceased by early 2022. The Friends of the West Highland Lines are committed to promotion and protection of the lines serving the West Highlands and are well aware and disappointed that…
Renewing Scotland’s Railways
![](https://westhighlandline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Renewing311300-250x150.jpg)
‘Renewing Britain’s Railways: Scotland’ is a new book released by Amberley Publishing as a retrospective of the Scottish network during the last few years. Written by FWHL member Gordon Webster, it includes a comprehensive chapter about the West Highland and Oban lines. It includes 150 colour images in sharp, high…