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ScotRail's Highland Explorer scheme has landed a top award at the Scottish Transport Awards 2023. The carriages which carry bikes and other sports gear for those cycling and walking on the west coast won the award for Excellence in Transport Design at the ceremony on Thursday.
(Permalink) Excellence in Transport Design Highland Explorer ScotRail Scottish Transport Awards  Inveruglas: A northbound 'Highland Explorer' Sprinter (bottom right) passes the site of the former halt at Inveruglas (opened for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme) alongside Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the left. ...  Orchy Viaduct: A southbound Highland Explorer crosses the Orchy Viaduct in a view looking north east. The road bridge dates from about 1940 and cut out the long drive round via Stronmilchan.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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Carlton Reid toured around Argyll and the Isles with his folding bicycle in tow, stopping to soak in the region's history and to dine on 'hearty' Scottish fare.
(Permalink) Argyll Caledonian MacBrayne Caledonian Sleeper Highland Explorer ScotRail West Highland Lines |
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ScotRail has operated the first of its Highland Explorer carriages on the Mallaig branch of the West Highland Line.
(Permalink) Fort William Highland Explorer Mallaig ScotRail West Highland Railway |
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ScotRail today announced that it is making changes to its Highland Explorer service to support active travel. From Spring 2023, ScotRail will remove the additional fare for the Highland Explorer service and introduce the carriages, which boast 20 cycle spaces and were a UK-first, to the Mallaig branch of the West Highland Line, resulting in more seats and enhanced on-board facilities for customers.
(Permalink) Bicycles Fort William Highland Explorer Mallaig  Finnart Viaduct: A northbound Highland Explorer crosses over the Finnart Viaduct, left to right. This viaduct used to be considerably easier to photograph, tree growth has pretty much blotted out the view. The vessel ...  High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: A Highland Explorer heads south above Loch Long, before the turn into Glen Douglas. Appropriately the dirt track to the right of the train is the route of the Three Lochs Way, popular with walkers and ... Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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Rail campaigners have called for more seats to be added to ScotRail's innovative cycle carriages to ease passenger over-crowding when few bikes are carried. The call came as ScotRail confirmed it planned to expand the Highland Explorer service from the Glasgow - Oban line, where it was introduced in 2021, to the Glasgow - Mallaig route from March.
(Permalink) Bicycles Fort William Highland Explorer Mallaig Tulloch  Glen Douglas Halt: 153377 brings up the rear of a Highland Explorer service on the West Highland Line as it approaches Glen Douglas on 26th July 2021. Orchy Viaduct: A southbound Highland Explorer crosses the Orchy Viaduct in a view looking north east. The road bridge dates from about 1940 and cut out the long drive round via Stronmilchan. Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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For those heading to and from Scotland's gloriously gorgeous west coast, the Highland Explorer is a train so cyclist-friendly it can accommodate any size or shape or weight of cycle - 20 can be carried with no sweat.
(Permalink) Bicycles Highland Explorer |
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It's now even easier to get to some of Scotland's most beautiful cycling routes directly from Glasgow
(Permalink) Bicycle routes Bicycles Highland Explorer Inveruglas: A northbound 'Highland Explorer' Sprinter (bottom right) passes the site of the former halt at Inveruglas (opened for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme) alongside Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the left. ... Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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Travelling by two wheels just got easier thanks to the Highland Explorer carriages, finds Robin McKelvie. [Article requires subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) Argyll Bicycles Highland Explorer ScotRail Inveruglas: A northbound 'Highland Explorer' Sprinter (bottom right) passes the site of the former halt at Inveruglas (opened for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme) alongside Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the left. ... Glen Douglas Halt: 153377 brings up the rear of a Highland Explorer service on the West Highland Line as it approaches Glen Douglas on 26th July 2021. Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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It is a delightful scene, according exactly with the green travel era we've entered.
(Permalink) Arrochar and Tarbet Balloch Cycling Highland Explorer West Loch Lomond Cycle Path |
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Alastair Dalton - I find cycling one of the most enjoyable ways to travel because of the freedom it gives me.
(Permalink) Bicycles Fort William Highland Explorer Kyle of Lochalsh Mallaig Oban Peter McDermott ScotRail Suppliment Thurso Ticketing Wick Inveruglas: A northbound 'Highland Explorer' Sprinter (bottom right) passes the site of the former halt at Inveruglas (opened for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme) alongside Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the left. ... Glen Douglas Halt: 153377 brings up the rear of a Highland Explorer service on the West Highland Line as it approaches Glen Douglas on 26th July 2021. High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: A Highland Explorer heads south above Loch Long, before the turn into Glen Douglas. Appropriately the dirt track to the right of the train is the route of the Three Lochs Way, popular with walkers and ... |
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Helensburgh's new 'destination marketing group' had a banner at Glasgow's Queen Street station last week showcasing the area to visitors.
(Permalink) Helensburgh Central Helensburgh Upper Highland Explorer |
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I read, with great annoyance, Richard Blair's letter (July 16) regarding ScotRail's refurbished bicycle coaches on the West Highland line ...
(Permalink) Active Travel Bicycle Class 153 Highland Explorer Railway finances |
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The specialist Highland Explorer train carriages have designated spaces for up to 20 bicycles.
(Permalink) Active Travel Bicycle Class 153 Highland Explorer  Cardross: 153377, one of the seating/luggage/bicycle reconditioned Class 153s featuring an attractive livery, on a southbound Oban-Glasgow working at Cardross. These trains have been introduced with the name 'H ...  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Two of the newly converted Active Travel Carriages, 153380 and 153373, seen together in Queen Street on 14th June 2021. Once in normal service they are expected to be coupled to 156 Sprinters ... Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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