Corrour

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Corrour (1934-)

Opened on the West Highland Railway.

Open on the West Highland Line.

Description

This small station on the West Highland Railway is only accessible by train, or via a very long private road. In summer the station is a B+B and restaurant Corrour Station House Restaurant . This replaced the former stationmaster's cottage in 1998.

The station has an island platform and retains its original 'C' listed signal box. This is the only remaining example of its type on the West Highland - it is a combined signal box and station building. Other examples stood at Glen Douglas and Gorton. (A similar building survives at Drumvaich Crossing on the former Callander and Oban Railway.) The box opened in 1894 and closed in 1985.

The original timber passenger waiting room on the platform does not survive. There is a small wooden hut however. The loop is released by ground frames and is not generally used to allow trains to pass and there is a siding. The station famously features in the film Trainspotting. The original timber footbridge was replaced by a metal one, now relocated to Rannoch to replace its bridge lost in the 1980s.

The signal box and station building have been restored and now provide accommodation. Corrour Signal Box Accommodation

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