Corrour railway station

Corrour

Scottish Gaelic: An Coire Odhar[1]
National Rail
Corrour station, looking southeast
General information
LocationLoch Ossian, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates56°45′37″N 4°41′27″W / 56.7602°N 4.6907°W / 56.7602; -4.6907
Grid referenceNN356663
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2 (1 in regular use)
Other information
Station codeCRR[2]
History
Original companyWest Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
7 August 1894Opened[3]
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 12,630
2020/21Decrease 2,268
2021/22Increase 11,518
2022/23Increase 14,108
2023/24Increase 17,930
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Corrour railway station (/kəˈrər/ kər-OUR) is on the West Highland Line, near Loch Ossian on the Corrour Estate, in the Highland council area (formerly Inverness-shire) of Scotland. It is the highest mainline railway station in the United Kingdom at an elevation of 1,340 feet (410 m) above sea level.[4][5] It is located between Rannoch and Tulloch, and is sited 71 miles 54 chains (115.3 km) from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh.[6] ScotRail manage the station and provide most services, along with Caledonian Sleeper.

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ Butt (1995)
  4. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Corrour Station (105961)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. ^ Marius, Callum (19 August 2021). "Remote station is 10 miles from nearest road but has direct trains to London". MyLondon. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 90. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.