Morar railway station

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Morar

Scottish Gaelic: Mòrar[1]
National Rail
Morar station.jpg
Morar railway station, looking towards the level crossing and Arisaig
LocationMorar, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates56°58′08″N 5°49′20″W / 56.9690°N 5.8222°W / 56.9690; -5.8222Coordinates: 56°58′08″N 5°49′20″W / 56.9690°N 5.8222°W / 56.9690; -5.8222
Grid referenceNM677929
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeMRR
History
Original companyMallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 April 1901Station opened
Passengers
2016/17Increase 4,576
2017/18Increase 4,996
2018/19Decrease 4,372
2019/20Decrease 4,074
2020/21Decrease 804
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Morar railway station is a railway station serving the village of Morar in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line.

History[]

Morar station was opened on 1 April 1901 when the Mallaig Extension Railway opened.[2][3] The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1936 to 1939.[4] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1952 to 1959, the coach was replaced in 1960 by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1964 until all camping coaches in the region were withdrawn at the end of the 1969 season.[5] These coaches were converted from a Pullman car, and were fitted with a full kitchen, two sleeping compartments and a room with two single beds.[6]

Services[]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Arisaig   Abellio ScotRail
West Highland Line 		  Mallaig
  Historical railways  
Arisaig
Line and Station open 		  North British Railway
Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
   Mallaig
Line and Station open

Station building[]

The station building is used by West Word.[7]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt (1995), page 163
  3. ^ Thomas & Turnock (1989), pages 279 - 280 & 317
  4. ^ McRae (1997), page 11
  5. ^ McRae (1998), page 28
  6. ^ "Pullman Cars as Camping Coaches". Railway Magazine. 107 (711): 449–450. July 1960.
  7. ^ "WEST WORD: Community paper for Mallaig, Morar, Arisaig, Lochailort, Glenfinnan, Glenuig, Knoydart and the Small Isles".

Sources[]

  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  • Thomas, John; Turnock, David (1989). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 15 The North of Scotland (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-03-8.

Further reading[]

  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

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