Morar: D5349 about to enter Morar station on 17 August 1965 with a train for Mallaig. Note the signal box, lower quadrant signals and level crossing gates. See image 34896
John Robin 17/08/1965
This is a single platform station which retains its single storey station building. The building, having been disused and in poor condition, was repaired and has been used for a variety of purposes including a pottery and bakery.
To the immediate south of the station is a level crossing. There was a small gate signal box at the south end of the platform. This was dispensed with to reduce costs - which resulted in the train crew opening the gates ahead of the train and closing them behind it. This was finally dispensed with in 1985 when an automatic open system with coloured lights was brought into use.
There was a siding at the north end, west side, now removed.
The Morar Hotel is just to the north of the level crossing near the station.
The Traigh Golf Course , the most westerly on mainland Britain and with the small isles as a backdrop, is about two and a half miles to the south.
Morar is well known for its sandy beaches, these can be found stretching north from Arisaig to Mallaig.
Visit Scotland - Silver Sands of Morar
Nearby stations Mallaig Arisaig Beasdale Lochailort Lech-a-vuie Platform Glenfinnan Locheilside Kyle of Lochalsh Duirinish Loch Eil Outward Bound Plockton Duncraig Corpach Stromeferry Fort William [1st] | Morar Viaduct Mallaig Shed Larichmore Viaduct Borrodale Viaduct Borrodale Tunnel Tourist/other Morar Lodge Camusdarrach House Glasnacardoch Bay Traigh Golf Course Creag Mhor Level Crossing Mallaig Pier Arisaig Slip Stoul Easter Stoul Borrodale House |
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. |
Many uses for a former station buildingSince being an office and waiting room the station building has seen a variety of uses, including as a bakery and community newspaper office. West Word |
01/04/1901 | Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) Line opened from Banavie (Banavie Junction [2nd]), over the Caledonian Canal and on through Banavie, Corpach, Locheilside, Glenfinnan, Lochailort, Beasdale, Arisaig and Morar to Mallaig, extending the West Highland Railway to the western seaboard. There was no official opening ceremony. |
01/10/2015 | Community Rail Awards 2015 |