Reservoirs & lochs · Scottish Highlands
Corrour railway station
Also known as: Stèisean Choire Odhar
Corrour railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
About
Corrour railway station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Corrour railway station ( 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. It is located between Rannoch and Tulloch, and is sited 71 miles 54 chains (115.3 km) from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh. ScotRail manage the station and provide most services, along with Caledonian Sleeper.
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Background
History
Corrour station was built by the West Highland Railway between 1893 and 1894 on its line linking Glasgow with Fort William, and was operated from its opening on 7 August 1894 by the North British Railway. It has a passing loop around an island platform with a siding on the east side. In common with the line's two other remote passing places, Gorton and Glen Douglas, it was built with a tall signalbox and an adjacent low building in which the signalman lived. The adjacent low building (in Corrour's case) was also used as a sub post office from 15 December 1896 and a Post Office telegraph office from 16 August 1898; Corrour even qualified as a post town. Later, the railway constructed a…
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- Coordinates
- 56.7602, -4.6907
Sources
- wikidata: Q1900452 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Corrour railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Corrour railway station?
- Corrour railway station is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.7602°, -4.6907°.
- Who owns Corrour railway station?
- Corrour railway station is owned by ScotRail.