Morar railway station

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.

Morar Scottish Gaelic: Mòrar[1]
Morar railway station, looking towards the level crossing and Arisaig
Location	Morar, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	56.9690°N 5.8222°W
Grid reference	NM677929
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	MRR
History
Original company	Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 April 1901	Station opened
Passengers
2015/16	4,332
2016/17	4,576
2017/18	4,996
2018/19	4,372
2019/20	4,074
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1964 until all camping coaches in the region were withdrawn at the end of the 1969 season.[5] These coaches were converted from a Pullman car, and were fitted with a full kitchen, two sleeping compartments and a room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

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). 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. 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. 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.

External links

• RAILSCOT on Mallaig Extension Railway