Creagan Ardain Tunnel

Location type

Tunnel

Name and dates

Creagan Ardain Tunnel (1894-)

Opened on the West Highland Railway.

Description

This was the only tunnel on the main line of the West Highland Railway. It is 147 ft long and located just north of the Craigenarden Viaduct.

(It ceased to be the only tunnel when a diversion at Loch Treig created the Loch Treig Tunnel.)

Tags

Tunnel

Nearby stations
Inveruglas
Ardlui
Arrochar and Tarbet
RNTR Arrochar Pier
Glen Falloch Platform
Glen Douglas Halt
Crianlarich
Crianlarich Lower
Loch Dochart [Private]
Tyndrum Lower
Tyndrum [1st]
Upper Tyndrum
Whistlefield Halt
Garelochhead
Aberfoyle
Craigenarden Viaduct
Loch Sloy Power Station
Inveruglas Viaduct
Tourist/other
Inveruglas Visitor Centre
Rob Roy^s Cave
Inveruglas Castle
Island I Vow Castle
Inversnaid Hotel
Inversnaid Pier
Inversnaid Garrison
Pulpit Rock
Ben Vorlich
Loch Sloy Dam
Ben Vorlich North Peak
Loch Lomond
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books

All Stations to Mallaig!: West Highland Line Since Nationalisation
Argyll and the Highlands Last Days of Steam

Argyll and the Highlands' Lost Railways

Ben Nevis and Fort William, The Mamores and The Grey Corries, Kinlochleven and Spean Bridge (OS Explorer Map)

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1

Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines

Iron Roads to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourists Souvenir Guide to the West Highland Lines

Mountain Moor and Loch on the Route of the West Highland Railway

On West Highland Lines

Railway World Special: West Highland Lines

Rannan Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean =: The West Highland Line

Road To The Isles Dvd: Part One The West Highland Line Between Crianlarich to Fort William, From the Drivers Cab Of A Class 37, With The Caledonian Sleeper
The Mallaig Railway: The West Highland Extension 1897-1901 (RCAHMS Broadsheet)
The New Railway: The Earliest Years of the West Highland Line

The Story of the West Highland

The Story of the West Highland: The 1940s LNER Guide to the Line

The West Highland Railway

The West Highland Railway (Railways of the Scottish Highlands)

The West Highland Railway 120 Years

Trossachs and West Highlands: Exploring the Lost Railways (Local History Series)

Victorian Travel on the West Highland Line: By Mountain, Moor and Loch in 1894

Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)

West Highland Line: Great Railway Journeys Through Time

West Highland Railway
West Highland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands v. 1): West Highland Railway v. 1
West Highland Railway: Plans, Poltics and People