Monessie Gorge

Location type


Name and dates

Monessie Gorge

Opened on the Tourist - Attractions.
Opened on the West Highland Railway.


Nearby stations
Roy Bridge
Tulloch
Fersit Halt
Spean Bridge
Invergloy Platform
Gairlochy
Corrour
Invergarry
Banavie Pier
Banavie
Fort William
Corpach
Fort William [1st]
Aberchalder
Loch Eil Outward Bound
Adit 3 Loco and speeder shed
Bridge 8 Cruaidh Allt
Cruaidh Allt Siding
Bridge 7 Caochan Daraich
Bridge 6 Allt Dubhaig
Bridge 9
Adit 4 loop
Intake 2 Loop
Bridge 10 Allt Beinn Chlianaig
Bridge 11 Allt Beinn Chlianaig
Adit 4
Intake 2
Roy Viaduct
Tourist/other
Cille Choirille Church
Keppoch No 1 Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

08/01/2005West Highland Railway
Closed between Roy Bridge and Tulloch due to floodwaters rising in Monessie Gorge.
07/03/2020West Highland Railway Callander and Oban Railway
Caledonian Sleeper temporarily diverted to Oban due to flooding at Monessie Gorge.

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