West Highland Line

West Highland Line
A First ScotRail train to Fort William crossing Rannoch Moor in August 2007
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Glasgow Argyll and Bute Highland
Termini	Glasgow Queen Street Mallaig Oban
Stations	33
Service
Type	Rural Rail[1]
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Caledonian Sleeper ScotRail West Coast Railways
Rolling stock	Class 153 Class 156 Caledonian Sleeper stock
Technical
Line length	Glasgow Queen Street to Crianlarich: 59 miles 22 chains (95.4 km) Crianlarich to Oban: 41 miles 73 chains (67.5 km) Crianlarich to Fort William: 63 miles 14 chains (101.7 km) Fort William to Mallaig: 41 miles 28 chains (66.5 km) Total (including reversing at Fort William): 205 miles 57 chains (331.1 km)
Number of tracks	Single-track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	70 mph (110 km/h) maximum[1]
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Mallaig Morar Arisaig Beasdale Lochailort Glenfinnan Locheilside Loch Eil Outward Bound Corpach Banavie Fort William Oban Spean Bridge Connel Ferry Roy Bridge Taynuilt Tulloch Falls of Cruachan Corrour Loch Awe Rannoch Dalmally Bridge of Orchy Tyndrum Lower Upper Tyndrum Crianlarich Ardlui Arrochar and Tarbet Garelochhead Helensburgh Central Helensburgh Upper Craigendoran North Clyde Line to Glasgow Queen Street
Detailed View Mallaig Pier Mallaig Morar River Morar Arisaig Borrodale Viaduct Borrodale Tunnel Beasdale Loch nan Uamh Viaduct Arnabol Viaduct Lochailort Lechavuie Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Viaduct Locheilside Loch Eil Outward Bound Corpach Banavie Railway Swing Bridge Caledonian Canal Banavie Banavie Pier River Lochy Fort William (1st) Fort William Lochaber Aluminium Works Ben Nevis Distillery Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Spean Bridge Oban Roy Bridge Ballachulish Branch Tulloch Connel Ferry River Spean Ach-na-Cloich Fersit Halt Taynuilt Corrour Falls of Cruachan Rannoch Viaduct Loch Awe Rannoch Gaur Viaduct Ben Cruachan Quarry Branch Gorton Bridge of Orchy Dalmally Horseshoe Viaduct Succoth Viaduct Gleann Viaduct Tyndrum Lower Upper Tyndrum Tyndrum Auchtertyre Viaduct Callander and Oban Railway Crianlarich Glen Falloch Viaduct Glen Falloch Halt Ardlui Craigenarden Viaduct Inveruglas Arrochar and Tarbet Glen Douglas Halt DM Glen Douglas Whistlefield Halt Garelochhead Shandon Faslane Pier Faslane Platform Rhu Helensburgh Central Helensburgh Upper Craigendoran North Clyde Line to Glasgow Queen Street

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 Trans-Siberian line in Russia and the Cuzco to Machu Picchu line in Peru.^[2][3][4] The ScotRail website has since reported that the line has been voted the most scenic railway line in the world for the second year running.^[5]

The West Highland Line is one of two railway lines that access the remote and mountainous west coast of Scotland, the other being the Kyle of Lochalsh Line which connects Inverness with Kyle of Lochalsh. The line is the westernmost railway line in Great Britain.

At least in part, the West Highland Line is the same railway line as that referred to as the West Highland Railway.