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The Jacobite crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct. The Jacobite runs a distance of 41 miles (66 km) between Fort William and Mallaig, passing through an area of great scenic beauty including alongside Loch Eil, Glenfinnan Viaduct and Arisaig. Trains cross with regular service trains at Glenfinnan station. The route is also the same shown in the Harry ...
The Jacobite at Mallaig Station. The railway line from Mallaig is noted as a scenic route, especially as it passes along the Glenfinnan Viaduct 37 kilometres (23 mi) out of Mallaig, [10] [11] so many journeys to and from the station are typically leisure travellers. Most scheduled train services out of Mallaig railway station are operated by ...
Train crossing bridge at Banavie The summit of the line just north of Corrour. Shortly after leaving Glasgow Queen Street station, and beyond Queen Street Tunnel, the line diverges from the main trunk route to Edinburgh Waverley and Perth at Cowlairs and follows a northwesterly course through the suburbs of Maryhill and Kelvindale.
The sleeper also carries seated coaches and can thus be used as a regular service train to/from Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley. The Jacobite operates non-stop between Fort William and Mallaig. This runs all year round, with a maximum of two trains per day Monday to Saturday and one on Sunday.
There remained considerable tracts of the west Highland area without useful transport routes, and social conditions were identified as being unacceptable. A government commission [ note 1 ] appointed in March 1883, examined the plight of smallholders in the Highlands, and their investigation showed that above all transport was a pressing need.
This is a diagrammatic map of the Great Central Main Line, part of the former Great Central Railway network. The map shows the line as it currently is (please refer to legend), and includes all stations (open or closed). Some nearby lines and branch lines are also shown, though most stations are omitted on such lines if they are closed.
These include the Glenfinnan Viaduct, famed as the route to Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films with the privately owned Jacobite steam train featured as the Hogwarts Express, and views of Britain ...
Great North of Scotland Railway between Keith and Aberdeen which opened on 19 September 1854, with the southern portion (between Port Elphinstone and Aberdeen Waterloo) being built over the route of the Aberdeenshire Canal. A Highland Railway 'Clan Goods' locomotive at Forres. The first two parts of the line merged to form the Highland Railway ...