The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. It is 118 mi (190 km) long and runs through the central Scottish Highlands, mainly following the route of the A9, and linking a series of small towns and villages with Perth at one end and Inverness at the other. Today, services between Inverness and Edinburgh, Glasgow and London use the line. At Inverness the line connects with the Far North Line, the Aberdeen-Inverness Line and the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. All trains are diesel-powered.
An Abellio ScotRail train to Glasgow Queen Street approaching Pitlochry in July 2018
Highland Main Line and A9 next to each other in Perthshire, September 2000
The line crosses the Dalguise Viaduct
Panoramic view of the Highland Line Culloden Viaduct with a First ScotRail train on it
The A9 is a major road in Scotland running from the Falkirk council area in central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. At 273 mi (439 km), it is the longest road in Scotland and the fifth-longest A-road in the United Kingdom. Historically it was the main road between Edinburgh and John o' Groats, and has been called the spine of Scotland. It is one of the three major north–south trunk routes linking the Central Belt to the Highlands - the others being the A82 and the A90.
A section of one of General Wade's old military roads, south of Inverness.
Thomas Telford's Dunkeld Bridge crossing the River Tay
The Kessock Bridge, completed in 1982, which crosses the Moray Firth and shortened the route north out of Inverness by 14 miles (23 km)
The average speed cameras which became operational on the A9 in late 2014
