Roy Bridge: 61994 The Great Marquess and 37676 Loch Rannoch start the descent into Monessie Gorge east of Roy Bridge with The Cathedrals Explorer on 8 May 2011.
John Gray 08/05/2011

Roy Bridge

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Roy Bridge (1894-)

Station code: RYB National Rail ScotRail
Where: Highland, Scotland
Opened on the West Highland Railway.
Open on the West Highland Line.

Description

This was a two platform station, now reduced to one platform with the loss of the southbound line (the 'up' loop) in 1964. The southbound (up) platform, disused, remains and the site of the station building and goods yard has been built over. These houses are built close to the platform.

The retaining of the westbound platform was an interesting choice, for passengers from Roy Bridge must cross the road bridge to reach the platform, slightly less convenient than had the eastbound platform been retained.

The main station building, on the up (eastbound) platform, was typical of the West Highland in the northern area. There was a waiting room on the westbound platform. The goods yard had a similar arrangement to Tulloch, accessed by reversal from the up loop. The main station building waiting room was, for a time, used as a church.

The village of Roy Bridge is to the north, the bridge itself to the north west. The railway is near the north bank of the River Spean. To the east the line runs through the Monessie Gorge on a ledge right above the river.

Tags

Station

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67

Facilities

Gaelic name: Drochaid Ruaidh




Nearby stations
Spean Bridge
Tulloch
Invergloy Platform
Gairlochy
Fersit Halt
Banavie Pier
Banavie
Corrour
Invergarry
Corpach
Fort William
Fort William [1st]
Loch Eil Outward Bound
Aberchalder
Rannoch
Roy Viaduct
Bridge 11 Allt Beinn Chlianaig
Bridge 10 Allt Beinn Chlianaig
Adit 4 loop
Bridge 9
Adit 4
Bridge 12
Bridge 13 Allt an Easain
Bridge 14
Cruaidh Allt Siding
Bridge 8 Cruaidh Allt
Adit 3 Loco and speeder shed
Tourist/other
Keppoch No 1 Level Crossing
Millens Level Crossing
Kerreays Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

31/07/1894West Highland Railway
Helensburgh Upper, Shandon, Garelochhead, Glen Douglas, Arrochar and Tarbet, Ardlui, Crianlarich, Tyndrum [WHR], Bridge of Orchy, Gorton, Rannoch, Corrour, Inverlair, Roy Bridge, Spean Bridge signal boxes opened.
07/08/1894West Highland Railway
Public opening from Fort William to Craigendoran. Stations opened at Craigendoran Upper, Helensburgh Upper, Row, Shandon, Garelochhead, Arrochar and Tarbet, Ardlui, Crianlarich, Tyndrum [WHR], Bridge of Orchy, Gortan (private), Rannoch, Corrour (private), Inverlair, Roy Bridge, Spean Bridge and Fort William [1st].
06/12/1964West Highland Railway
Roy Bridge signal box closed and loop removed.
08/01/2005West Highland Railway
Closed between Roy Bridge and Tulloch due to floodwaters rising in Monessie Gorge.

News items

19/06/2023Flood damaged West Highland Line reopens after repairs [BBC News]
16/06/2023Flood-hit West Highland railway line to remain closed as repairs could take days, Network Rail says [STV]
14/06/2023A86 reopens as ScotRail disruption continues on West Highland Line between Fort William and Crianlarich [STV]
14/06/2023Scotrail services from Glasgow affected due to 'trapped' trains [Glasgow Times]
14/06/2023Work underway to repair flood-damaged West Highland Line [Network Rail]
13/06/2023A86 closed due to landslides with motorists facing 100-mile diversion route [Press and Journal]
17/02/2021ScotRail rides to the rescue of remote Highland community [ScotRail]

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