CORROUR RAILWAY STATION

'Corrour railway station' is a railway station on the West Highland Line,
Scotland. It is situated near Loch Ossian and Loch Treig, on the Corrour Estate.
The railway station is one of the remotest stations in the United Kingdom, at an isolated location on Rannoch Moor. The station is not accessible by any public roads. The onetime bunkhouse at the station, which provided simple accommodation for hikers, closed in 2005. Due to problems with drainage and plumbing, it seems unlikely to re-open soon. The original Station House reopened in 2006. Now leased from the Corrour Estate by Beth Campbell, the Corrour Station House provides bed and breakfast accommodation, and there is a café.
At over 1,300 feet above sea level the station provides a convenient starting point for hill walkers and Munro baggers.
Loch Ossian Hostel, one of the most remote youth hostels in the UK, is about one mile from the railway station.

Contents

Services

History

Trivia

References

External links

Services

Corrour Station is served by the Caledonian Sleeper to and from London Euston (daily except Saturday nights in each direction), and by regular services linking Glasgow Queen Street with Fort William and Mallaig. The journey from London to Corrour takes just under twelve hours. The local trains that serve Corrour are run by First ScotRail. These local services run generally thrice daily in each direction, but less frequently on Sundays.

History

This station opened to passengers on 7 August 1894. It was originally built to serve the Corrour sporting estate, whose owners were investors in the railway. Guests visiting the estate for deer stalking and grouse shooting were taken from the station to the head of Loch Ossian by horse drawn carriage. A small steamer then transported them to shooting lodge at the far end of the loch.
The station was laid out with a passing loop around an island platform and a siding on the east side. Since November 1985, all passenger trains have used the original Down platform. The Up loop remains but it is no longer used by passenger trains.
There had been a footbridge at Corrour station providing an exit to the east side, but it was moved to Rannoch railway station following the downgrading of the Up loop at Corrour. Passengers now cross the line by way of a footpath.
== Signalling ==
The signal box, which had 13 levers, was situated to the south of the island platform. From the time of its opening in 1894, the West Highland Railway was worked throughout by the electric token system.
The semaphore signals were removed in November 1985 in preparation for the introduction of Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB). At the same time, the loop points came under the control of ground frames.
The RETB system was commissioned between Upper Tyndrum and Fort William Junction on 29 May 1988. This resulted in the closure of Corrour signal box and others on that part of the route. The RETB is controlled from a Signalling Centre at Banavie railway station.

Trivia

The station, and the nearby mountain Leum Uilleim, are well known as the location for a scene in the Scottish cult film "Trainspotting".
The Dutch filmaker Jos Stelling also used Corrour Station and its surroundings for his 1986 movie De Wisselwachter in English The Pointsman.

References

★ A useful article on Corrour station appeared in the September 2006 issue of hidden europe magazine.

External links

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★ Scotland: the Movie Location Guide - Trainspotting, Rannoch Moor Information on the station as it appears in "Trainspotting".

★ Corrour Further details on the station.

★ The Corrour Estate

★ Loch Ossian Hostel - The SYHA's page about the hostel.

★ Hidden Europe magazine - an article about Corrour from Hidden Europe magazine.