Corrour railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Loch Ossian |
| Local authority | Highland |
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| Station code | CRR |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Platforms in use | 1 |
| Annual entry/exit 02/03 | 9,887 * |
| Annual entry/exit 04/05 | 10,817 ** |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| * based on sales of tickets in 2002/03 financial year which end or originate at Corrour. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
| ** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at Corrour. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
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, and, with problems with drainage and plumbing, seems unlikely to re-open soon. The original Station House happily 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.
Loch Ossian Hostel, one of the most remote youth hostels in the UK, is about one mile from the railway station.
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[edit] Services
Corrour Station is served by the Caledonian Sleeper to and from London Euston (daily except Saturdays in each direction), and by regular services linking Glasgow Queen Street with Fort William and Mallaig. The journey from London to Corrour takes just less than 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.
[edit] History
This station opened to passengers on 7 August 1894.
The station was laid out with a crossing 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Trivia
The station, and the nearby mountain Leum Uilleim, are well known as the location for a scene in the Scottish cult film "Trainspotting".
[edit] References
- A useful article on Corrour station appeared in the September 2006 issue of hidden europe magazine.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Corrour railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Corrour railway station from Multimap.com
- 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.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Rannoch | First ScotRail West Highland Line |
Tulloch | ||
| Rannoch | First ScotRail Highland Caledonian Sleeper Request stop |
Tulloch | ||
