West Highland Line
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The West Highland Line 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
A ScotRail Class 153 and Class 156 consist on the Gaur Viaduct in April 2025
A Glasgow-bound train at Helensburgh Upper in 2020
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Train crossing bridge at Banavie
Glenfinnan Viaduct
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The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line at Glenfinnan, in the Lochaber district of north-western Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Located at the top of Loch Shiel in th
West Highland Line
…and through the narrow Monessie Gorge. The final stop before Fort William is Spean Bridge. The section between Fort William and Mallaig passes over the Glenfinnan Viaduct, through Arisaig with its views of the Small Isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck and Canna, and the white sands of Morar before coming to Mallaig itself. With the…
The Jacobite steam train crossing the viaduct in 2022
Thirteen of the viaduct's twenty-one arches
View from a train on the viaduct