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The closure comes as parts of Scotland have once again been hit with torrential rain in the wake of Storm Debi.
(Permalink) Ardlui Arrochar and Tarbet Flooding Storm Debi West Highland Railway |
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West Highland Community Rail Partnership (CRP) has launched a series of walks from stations based on an audio play. Benighted on the Moor is an audio drama that tells the true story of seven Victorian men who traversed Rannoch Moor in January 1889 on an intrepid attempt to map the route for the now famous ...
(Permalink) Benighted on the Moor West Highland Community Rail Partnership West Highland Railway |
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It was once a quiet, serene Highland gem, full of Jacobite history and bursting with stunning scenery.
But back in the early 2000s, Glenfinnan was handed the poisoned chalice of accidental fame through being chosen as a location for the filming of the Warner Bros Harry Potter films. (Permalink) Carpark Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Station Museum Glenfinnan Viaduct Glenfinnan Visitors Centre Harry Potter Mallaig Extension Tourism Tourists West Highland Lines West Highland Railway  Glenfinnan: Having drawn forward to allow a ScotRail service to pass, passengers are allowed to stretch their legs at Glenfinnan. The train has its own Souvenir Shop. The station enjoys a burst of activity unriva ... |
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Network Rail Scotland say sections of the West Highland Line were badly damaged after heavy rain.
(Permalink) Flooding Roy Bridge Tulloch West Highland Railway  Tulloch: Engineers worked around-the-clock to repair the West Highland Line at three sites after severe flooding on Monday night caused significant damage between Roy Bridge and Tulloch. The repairs will inclu ... |
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A travel publication has revealed the top nine tour operator itineraries by rail in the world, and coming in at number one is a beautifully scenic Scottish route.
(Permalink) Wanderlust West Highland Line West Highland Railway |
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The damage to the line is extensive and it will take several days for engineers to complete repairs.
(Permalink) Flooding Landslip Roy Bridge Tulloch West Highland Railway |
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Some drivers were facing a 100-mile diversion as heavy rain caused travel disruption in parts of the Highlands.
(Permalink) Fort William Landslide Mallaig Roy Bridge Tulloch West Highland Railway |
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Several train services from Glasgow Queen Street are being affected today due to 'flooding' and 'trapped' trains.
(Permalink) Fort William Landslide Mallaig Roy Bridge Tulloch West Highland Railway |
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The West Highland Line has also been closed due to damage caused by flooding in the same area near Roybridge.
(Permalink) Landslide Roy Bridge West Highland Line West Highland Railway |
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It has been voted the world's greatest train journey, its mostly single-track line twisting, rising and falling through breathtaking and remote areas of the Highlands where no roads were ever built.
(Permalink) NC500 West Highland Railway |
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Extra trains on the West Highland Lines are being 'trialled' on Sundays this summer, ScotRail has revealed.
(Permalink) West Highland Lines West Highland Railway |
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From the top of the 60ft Glenfinnan Monument, a lone Highlander looks out over the place where Bonnie Prince Charlie arrived to start the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
(Permalink) Bonnie Prince Charlie Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Viaduct Harry Potter Mallaig Extension The Jacobite Tourism West Highland Railway |
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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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Five kilometres of fencing has been upgraded to stop livestock from entering the railway.
(Permalink) Fencing Glen Douglas West Highland Railway  Glen Douglas Halt: A helicopter lifts fencing to be taken to remote locations between Glen Douglas and Arrochar.  Glen Douglas Halt: Prepared loads for lifting by helicopter. Fence panels awaiting lifting from Glen Douglas to remote locations on the line north to Arrochar. |
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ScotRail is struggling to find ways to make full use of the five Class 153 units which have been converted to carry 20 bicycles each. Deployment anywhere outside the West Highland line as at present, now seems to be highly unlikely for a variety of reasons, and even on the West Highland the options are severely limited by the current infrastructure.
(Permalink) Bicycles Class 153 ScotRail West Highland Railway  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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Scotland's Railway is using a helicopter to air-drop over 20 tons of material at a hard-to-reach location in the West Highlands to help renew five kilometres of fencing between Craggan [ie Glen Douglas -RS] and Arrochar.
(Permalink) Arrochar and Tarbet Fencing Glen Douglas Helicopter West Highland Railway Glen Douglas Halt: A helicopter lifts fencing to be taken to remote locations between Glen Douglas and Arrochar. Glen Douglas Halt: Prepared loads for lifting by helicopter. Fence panels awaiting lifting from Glen Douglas to remote locations on the line north to Arrochar. |
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The West Highland railway line has reopened. Train services to Oban and Mallaig faced delay or revision this morning after a maintenance train broke down on the west coast line. The train, which is used for track maintenance, was travelling between Helensburgh Upper and Garelochhead when it developed a fault.
(Permalink) Broken down train Cancellations Garelochhead West Highland Railway |
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ScotRail has cancelled and amended a number of its weekend services that were due to run on the West Highland line.
(Permalink) West Highland Railway |
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Plans to add more rail stops on the world-famous West Highland Line could help ease congestion in one of Scotland's biggest towns and 'exploit untapped tourism'.
(Permalink) Fort William West Highland Line West Highland Railway |
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The day dawned promisingly as my friend Vicky and I travelled by train through Central Scotland to the Highlands.
(Permalink) Corrour Loch Ossian West Highland Railway |
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Simon Reeve has a great trick for getting his 11-year-old son excited about walking up hills with him. He tells him they're massive mountains.
(Permalink) Callander and Oban Railway West Highland Line West Highland Railway |
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Network Rail has successfully completed a project to improve safety and performance on the West Highland Line between Craigendoran and Helensburgh.
Trees and encroaching vegetation were removed along more than two kilometres of the line to reduce the impact of dangerous leaf and tree fall. If left unmanaged vegetation can pose a serious risk to rail safety as trees can fall onto the line during bad weather or when overgrown, branches and foliage can obscure signals from a drivers view. (Permalink) Craigendoran Junction Helensburgh Upper West Highland Railway |
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It has been voted the worlds best rail journey and takes in some of Scotlands most spectacular scenery.
(Permalink) Callander and Oban Railway Fort William Glasgow Mallaig Oban West Highland Line West Highland Railway  High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: A Glasgow-Oban Sprinter seen above Loch Long near Morlaggan.  Oban: Just about ready for 'the off'. The crew of the 1211 Abellio ScotRail service to Glasgow Queen Street, during a final exchange prior to departure from Oban on 22 April 2015. |
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ScotRail services between Glasgow Queen Street and Oban and Mallaig have been blocked by a fallen tree.
(Permalink) Ardlui Arrochar and Tarbet Fallen tree Line blockage West Highland Railway |
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Trains are traveling slowly due to snow on the lines as wintry weather sweeps across the Highlands, Moray and parts of Aberdeenshire. At three locations.
(Permalink) Snow West Highland Railway |
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A rail campaigner has questioned an 'extraordinary intervention' by leading public sector figures in support of dualling the A9 and A96 roads.
(Permalink) A82 A9 A96 Far North Line Highland Main Line Inverness and Nairn Railway West Highland Railway |
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Transport Scotland say all projects must be delivered in line with its net-zero ambitions.
(Permalink) A82 A9 A96 Highland Main Line Inverness and Nairn Railway West Highland Railway |
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Commuter trains on the West Highland Line will be restored when ScotRails new timetable takes effect next week.
(Permalink) ScotRail Timetabling West Highland Line West Highland Railway |
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A major event for the community of Glen Douglas came not long after the opening of the West Highland Railway.
(Permalink) Glen Douglas West Highland Railway |
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Supporters of the West Highland Line fear the last remaining rail freight service may soon be lost.
(Permalink) West Highland Line West Highland Railway  High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: Day in, day out, (with very few exceptions) the Alcan train has kept the Lochaber Smelter going during the COVID-19 crisis and the smelter itself has remained open. An autumnal view of 66733 heading s ...  High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: An ex-Oban Sprinter heads south by Loch Long.  Auchtertyre Viaduct: 66733 slowly draws a North Blyth-Lochaber Smelter train over the Auchtertyre Viaduct. It's a near constant climb from Crianlarich (Fillan Viaduct) to Upper Tyndrum (County March Summit). |
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It's considered by many to be the most scenic rail journey in the world, and now armchair admirers can sit back and enjoy it from the comfort of their own home.
(Permalink) Fort William Mallaig West Highland Line West Highland Railway |
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Newly-discovered photos documenting the construction of a world famous Highland railway line are set to star in a TV documentary later this week [31st].
(Permalink) BBC Alba Ceol na Loidhne Fort William Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Viaduct Loch nan Uamh Viaduct Mallaig Mallaig Extension Polnish Song of the Track West Highland Railway |
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ScotRail is set to launch an online video which will show the drivers view of some of Scotlands most breath-taking scenery.
(Permalink) ScotRail West Highland Line West Highland Railway |
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Vital train services linking Helensburgh and Lomond with Glasgow are to be suspended next month. The morning commuter train calling at Arrochar and Tarbet at 0710, Garelochhead at 0730 and Helensburgh Upper at 0742 has been withdrawn from the company's winter timetable, which starts on December 13. The service, which also calls at Cardross at 0750, is the only one on the West Highland line which arrives at Glasgow Queen Street before 0900. From December 13 onwards, the first southbound train of the day on the West Highland route won't arrive in Glasgow until 1131.
(Permalink) Arrochar and Tarbet Cardross Garelochhead Helensburgh Upper West Highland Railway |
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The Old Military Road in Argyll has reopened this morning following a safety inspection. Train services between Fort William and Bridge of Orchy have been reinstated following a safety inspection.
(Permalink) Landslide West Highland Railway |
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A landslide has shut part of a world-renowned Scottish rail line - a day after another slip has lead to the closure of an iconic Highlands road.
(Permalink) Bridge of Orchy Caledonian Sleeper Landslide ScotRail Weather West Highland Railway cancellations |
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ScotRail, Caledonian Sleeper and freight services on the West Highland Line have been affected.
(Permalink) Bridge of Orchy Caledonian Sleeper Landslide ScotRail Weather West Highland Railway cancellations |
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