Corrour Summit: Black 5s 45407+44871 pass the remains of a snow fence on the long climb up from Loch Treig to Corrour on 26 October while hauling the SRPS Railtour from Fort William to Polmont.
John Gray 26/10/2013
Corrour
Location type
StationNames and dates
Lebruaridh (1894-1894)Corrour (1934-)
Station code: CRR National Rail ScotRail
Where: Highland, Scotland
Opened on the West Highland Railway.
Open on the West Highland Line.
Description
This small station on the West Highland Railway is only accessible by train, or via a very long private road. In summer the station is a B+B and restaurant Corrour Station House Restaurant . This replaced the former stationmaster's cottage in 1998, which had in any case been altered.
The original name of the halt was Lebruaridh. It was provided for Sir John Stirling Maxwell who owned the estate and whose Corrour Shooting Lodge was nearby (see trivia section). The landowner, having given reasonable notice, was able to halt trains here. It opened to the public on the 11 of September 1934.
The station has an island platform and retains its 'C' listed signal box. This is the only remaining example of its type on the West Highland - it is a combined signal box and station building. The platform is to the north west of the building. Other examples stood at Glen Douglas Halt and Gorton [WHR]. (A similar building survives at Drumvaich Crossing on the former Callander and Oban Railway.) The box opened in 1894 and closed in 1985.
The original timber passenger waiting room on the platform does not survive. There is a small wooden hut however. The loop is released by ground frames and is not generally used to allow trains to pass and there is a siding.
The station building was 'Morgan's Den' for many years, providing accommodation after the box closed, named for Jimmy Morgan.
The station famously features in the film 'Trainspotting' (IMDB - Trainspotting ).
The original timber footbridge was replaced by a lattice metal one, now relocated to Rannoch (to replace its bridge lost in the 1980s).
The signal box and station building have been restored and now provide accommodation. Corrour Signal Box Accommodation
To the immediate north of the station is Pollock Level Crossing (an occupational crossing) beyond which is Corrour Summit.
The original halt name Lebruaridh, more properly Lùibruairidh, was for a now ruined cottage about a mile and a half north.
Tags
Station scenicAliases
Luibruiaridh Lùibruairidh Corrour SidingExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Facilities
Gaelic name: An Coire Odhar
| Nearby stations Rannoch Fersit Halt Tulloch Roy Bridge Gorton [WHR] Spean Bridge Gairlochy Invergloy Platform Banavie Pier Fort William Banavie Fort William [1st] Bridge of Orchy Corpach Ballachulish (Glencoe) | Corrour Summit Loch Ossian Youth Hostel Lubnaclach Gravel Pit Lubnaclach Lineside Cottage Lineside Cottage Midloch Lineside Cottage Allt Coire Mheadhoin Viaduct Tourist/other Corrour Restaurant Pollock Level Crossing Lubnaclach Beinn na Lap Loch Ossian Craig-uaine-ach Lodge Corrour Old Lodge Loch Treig |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
CailleachThe private steam yacht 'SS Cailleach' (1904-193X) formerly operated on Loch Ossian, to the north east of the station, connecting the station to the 1894 Corrour Shooting Lodge. The associated waiting room at the south end of the loch is now Loch Ossian Youth Hostel . |
