Additional West Highland Line services





Date: 11/02/2003

With support from the Highland Rail Partnership and Strathclyde Passenger Transport the following additional services will run:

On Saturdays 29 March to 17 May and 4 October to 25 October:
1020 Glasgow Queen Street to Oban and
1545 return

On Sundays 30 March to 11 May:
1235 Glasgow Queen Street to Oban and
1240 Oban to Glasgow Queen Street

On Sundays 18 May to 22 June:
1030 Mallaig to Glasgow Queen Street,
1242 Glasgow Queen Street to Mallaig,
1205 Fort William to Mallaig and
1815 Mallaig to Fort William

(Note: This year's summer timetable runs Sunday 18 May to Saturday 27 September.)


External links

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RAILSCOT | West Highland Railway

West Highland Railway

Highland Rail Partnership

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