Private company
West Highland Railway
Former railway company in Scotland
The West Highland Railway was a railway company that constructed a railway line from Craigendoran (on the River Clyde west of Glasgow, Scotland) to Fort William and Mallaig. The line was built through remote and difficult terrain in two stages: the section from Craigendoran to Fort William opened in 1894, with a short extension to Banavie on the Caledonian Canal opening in 1895.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
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The West Highland Railway was a railway company that constructed a railway line from Craigendoran (on the River Clyde west of Glasgow, Scotland) to Fort William and Mallaig. The line was built through remote and difficult terrain in two stages: the section from Craigendoran to Fort William opened in 1894, with a short extension to Banavie on the Caledonian Canal opening in 1895.2
Acquisitions
- Succeeded by North British Railway1
Links
- WikipediaWest Highland Railway
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7985371
Sources
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- 2WikipediaWest Highland Railway on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsWest Highland Railway photo by sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0