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The Jacobite approaching Beasdale station. The Jacobite is a steam locomotive-hauled tourist train service that operates over part of the West Highland Line in Scotland.It has been operating under various names and with different operators every summer since 1984.
The West Highland Line (Scottish Gaelic: Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean – "Iron Road to the Isles") is a railway line linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban in the Scottish Highlands to Glasgow in Central Scotland. The line was voted the top rail journey in the world by readers of independent travel magazine Wanderlust in 2009, ahead of the notable ...
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Located at the top of Loch Shiel in the West Scottish Highlands, the viaduct overlooks the Glenfinnan Monument and the waters of Loch Shiel.
Fort William railway station serves the town of Fort William, in the Highland region of Scotland. It is on the West Highland line , between Spean Bridge and Banavie , measured 99 miles 37 chains (160.1 km) from Craigendoran Junction, at the southern end of the line near Helensburgh . [ 4 ]
Glenfinnan is about halfway between Fort William and Mallaig on the picturesque West Highland Railway. Along with a regular rail service by ScotRail, the line is used by the Jacobite steam train. A private railway museum operates at the station, using the former booking-office, the disused signalbox, and some stored coaches.
Mallaig railway station is a railway station serving the ferry port of Mallaig, Lochaber, in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is a terminus on the West Highland Line, 41 miles (66 km) by rail from Fort William and 164 miles (264 km) from Glasgow Queen Street. [4] The station building is Category C listed. [5]
The Jacobite has been suspended in the past because of concerns over its hinged carriage doors, but the train service that was featured in several of the wizarding movies was allowed to resume ...
Highland Main Line and A9 next to each other in Perthshire, September 2000 The line crosses the Dalguise Viaduct. The vast majority of the line was built and operated by the Highland Railway, with a small section of the line between Perth and Stanley built by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, amalgamated with the Aberdeen Railway to become the Scottish North Eastern Railway in 1856, and ...