Corrour railway station

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Corrour
Coire Odhar
Corrour station
Location
Place Loch Ossian
Local authority Highland
Operations
Station code CRR
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 1
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 10,817
2005/06 * 9,885
National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Corrour from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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 most remote stations in the United Kingdom, at an isolated location on Rannoch Moor. The station is not accessible by any public roads. The former 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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[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] In popular culture

The station, and the nearby mountain Leum Uilleim, gained fame when they were featured in a scene from the film Trainspotting.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Rannoch   First ScotRail
West Highland Line		   Tulloch
Rannoch   First ScotRail
Highland Caledonian Sleeper
Request stop		   Tulloch

Coordinates: 56.76012° N 4.69092° W