West Highland Line

The West Highland Line (Scots Gaelic: Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean - "Iron Road to the Isles") is a railwey line linking the ports o Mallaig an Oban in the Scottish Highlands tae Glasgow in Central Scotland. The line wis voted the tap rail journey in the warld bi readers o independent traivel magazine Wanderlust in 2009, ahead o the iconic Trans-Siberian line in Roushie an the Cuzco tae Machu Picchu line in Peru. The ScotRail wabsteid haes syne reportit that the line haes been voted the maist scenic railway line in the warld for the seicont year running.^{[citation needit]}

West Highland Line
A train to Mallaig crossing Rannoch Moor
Owerview
Teep	Rural Rail
Seestem	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Glasgow Argyll and Bute Highland Scotland
Termini	Glasgow Queen Street Mallaig Oban
Stations	33
Operation
Awner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Caledonian Sleeper Abellio ScotRail West Coast Railways
Rowin stock	Class 156 "Super Sprinter" Caledonian Sleeper stock
Technical
Line lenth	Glasgow Queen Street to Crianlarich: 59 mile 22 chain (95.4 km) Crianlarich to Oban: 41 mile 73 chain (67.5 km) Crianlarich to Mallaig: 103 mile 24 chain (166.2 km) *Total: 204 mile 39 chain (329.1 km)
Nummer o tracks	One
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Operatin speed	70 mph (110 km/h) maximum

The West Highland Line is ane o twa railway lines which access the remote and mountainous wast coast o Scotland, the ither bein the Kyle o Lochalsh Line which connects Inverness wi Kyle o Lochalsh. The line is the westernmost railway line in Great Britain.

At least in pairt, the West Highland Line is the same railway line as that referred tae as the West Highland Railway.

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