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
Place	Morar
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	56.9690°N 5.8222°W / 56.9690; -5.8222
Grid reference	NM677929
Operations
Station code	MRR
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	4,312
2015/16	4,332
2016/17	4,576
2017/18	4,996
2018/19	4,372
History
Original company	Mallaig Extension Railway of West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
1 April 1901	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Morar from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1964 until all camping coaches in the region were withdrawn at the end of the 1969 season.[5] These coaches were converted from a Pullman car, and were fitted with a full kitchen, two sleeping compartments and a room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			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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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